Westward Ho!
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Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces
Westward Ho! Beach, looking north towards the Taw and Torridge estuaries
Holy Trinity Church
The pebble ridge at Westward Ho! beach
The Charles Kingsley statue in nearby Bideford
Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, includ
Westward Ho!
…Sands and Braunton Burrows. There is an electoral ward with the same name. The population at the 2011 census was 2,112. Westward Ho! is noted for its unusual place name. The village name comes from the title of Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The book was a bestseller…
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