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CLOVELLY, one of the UK`s only privately owned villages, has inspired numerous artists and writers, from Turner to Charles Dickens. It has also been the main location for the films “Sense and Sensibility” and “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”.
It is located on the coast of Devon in South West England, some 300 people live in the village`s 83 cottages. It isn`t your usual seaside village. The first is that the only access is through the visitor centre, which charges 8,50 pounds per adult (4,95 for children) for entrance. The second is the sledges. They stand at the top of the cobbled walk that runs through the town`s steep lanes of cottages and down to the harbour, 120 m below.
They replaced donkeys by the 1970s, a way in which this 1000-year-old community has adapted to modern times.
Even today there are no cars in Clovelly, no chain stores, no traffic noises, and no light pollution. But, almost everywhere, the sound, smells and sight of the Atlantic.
In the 11th century, it was owned by William the Conqueror himself and later gave the village to his wife, Matilda of Flanders, England`s first crowned queen. Its owner today is John Rous, 71, who inherited the village from his mother, a countess.
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