WEMBURY VMCA
DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST
[South-West England]
Nearest Town: Plymstock (Plymouth)
OS Map: 201/202 SX 520485
 4 miles (6.4 km) of seashore and the adjacent coastal waters with a variety of wildlife habitats, protected as a result of voluntary agreements between all users to ensure sympathetic use of the area. There is a visitor centre and a warden in summer who provides day to day management of the area.
Location and access: The visitor centre is at the western edge of the coastal village of Wembury, reached by leaving the A379 at Elburton on the east side of Plymstock and following signs for Wembury and Wembury beach. Park in the National Trust car park. We encourage visitors to use environmentally friendly forms of transport wherever possible. Most of our reserves are easily accessible by bicycle, with many close to the National Cycle Network. Click here to view a location map of the VMCA centre on the National Cycle Network website. This site can also be accessed via the South West Coast Path. For more information, visit the South West Coast Path website.
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Varied shore life
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Wembury Voluntary Marine Conservation Area was created in 1981, in recognition of the important wildlife of the area, and to raise public awareness about the wonders of the marine environment and what we can do to reduce the threats facing it. One of two Devon Wildlife Trust Voluntary Marine Conservation Areas (VMCAs), Wembury covers the four miles of coast from Gara Point to Fort Bovisand. The adjacent coastal waters contain a wide variety of wildlife habitats that support a staggering diversity of plant and animal species, many of which are only found in a few other parts of the country. Wembury is home to the bloody-eyed velvet swimming crab, the blenny - a fish that lives out of water, and the bladder wrack - a seaweed that 'beats up' young barnacles. Warden Cat Ridout is employed by the Devon Wildlife Trust. Cat leads an enthusiastic team of volunteers, running rockpool rambles and events and helping visiting school groups to learn about marine wildlife. Cat and her team work from the Wembury Marine Centre which has interactive displays showing the amazing life you may see in the rockpools, as well as the beautiful plants and animals hidden from view beneath Devon's seas. To find out more about Wembury VMCA and what public events Cat is running in the summer months email info@wemburymarinecentre.org Alternatively, please telephone (01752) 862538
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The Devon Wildlife Trust cares for some 40 nature reserves around the county, totaling more than 1,300 hectares (3,300 acres) in all.
