Harbour area hostel with excellent self-catering facilities and lovely communal space. Thirteen bedrooms, 9 bathrooms. Including a Top floor apartment ideal for Live-in Manager/owner.

Ilfracombe is situated on the North Devon coast in an area of outstanding natural beauty, a short drive to the famous surf beaches of Woolacombe, croyde and Saunton. Fishing boats, tourist boats and boats to Lundy leave from the Harbour and there are numerous eateries. Ilfracombe is on the Southwest coast path so ideal for walkings too. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/170176436#/?channel=COM_BUY

Ocean Backpackers is big enough to accommodate your extended family & friends offering up to 35 beds in a mixture of family rooms and dorms some with ensuite facilities. With excellent Self-catering facilities and a really comfortable communal living space with games, books and a TV and somewhere to dry wet clothes, you can really make yourself at home.

The Winter months are quieter but can be just as beautiful for walking, with dramatic seascapes, vast sandy beaches and cosy pubs, as well as beach saunas and bracing sea dips in Saunton and Putsborough. Ilfracombe also has a very popular annual Christmas day harbour swim/dip (weather & conditions permitting) in aid of the RLNI. There is a designated swimming area at Larkstone and Hele Bay offers further great swimming for open water enthusiasts all year round.

Situated in the Harbour area of Ilfracombe Ocean Backpackers Independent hostel is the perfect base from which to explore the most magnificent beaches this area has to offer. North Devon is now a designated World Surfing Reserve, alongside other iconic protected surfing locations around the world, and home to a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The majestic sandy Beaches of Woolacombe, Croyde and Saunton Sands are all short car or bus ride away.

Based in the picturesque harbour are of Ilfracombe, Ocean Backpackers is surrounded by a dramatic landscape and sits on the edge of Exmoor National Park, a designated National Landscape (formally AONB)

The Southwest Coast Path runs through the town and is best walked between March and October. And if your preferred method of transport is two wheels, then you’ll be interested to know that the National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 27, the 99-mile Devon Coast to Coast route from Ilfracombe to Plymouth, combines the beaches and estuaries of North Devon with the lush green valleys of West Country rivers. Many sections are traffic-free and flat, making them ideal for families or less experienced cyclists.

Ilfracombe boasts burgeoning arts scene and is brimming with Artists and galleries selling work to suit all budgets.

Ilfracombe is also home to Verity, a stainless steel and bronze statue created by Damien Hirst. The 20-metre-tall sculpture stands on the pier at the entrance to the harbour in Ilfracombe, looking out over the Bristol Channel towards South Wales.

Overlooking Verity and the historic harbour, is St Nicholas’ Chapel
Is perched on Lantern Hill. Reported to be the oldest working lighthouse in the country, it was first built in the 14th Century and was named St Nicholas after the patron saint of sailors.Dating back to 1321 the chapel was built as a place of worship for the seafarers of Ilfracombe living and working around the harbour.