A Victorian lighthouse strung out along a long rocky finger of headland on the exposed south Devon coast
Start Point is a narrow, rocky spine of land jutting into the Channel at the eastern edge of the South Hams, and the lighthouse sits near the very end of it, reached by a long walk down the spine. It was built in the 1830s to warn ships off the point and the rocks around it, one of the most weather-beaten spots on the Devon coast. Trinity House still runs the light, automated now, and there are guided tours of the tower on open days. It is a fine, wild walk out along the headland, and the South West Coast Path links it north to Start Bay and west towards Prawle Point.
