{"id":23,"date":"2024-02-20T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:24:46","slug":"01-strete-gate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/01-strete-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"01 &#8211; Strete Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1DZATWXbOOkdXpsGYia71vPTwYkc&#038;ehbc=2E312F&#038;ll=50.29844436949611%2C-3.637143400846603&#038;z=19\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stop 1<br>Strete Gate<br>SX 835 456<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/stop01.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The walk begins just outside Strete, close to where the road takes a north-wards detour inland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the coast road was built in 1855, the path to Strete was nearer the sea, following the route of the present South West Coast Path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just north of Strete Gate was once the site of a fishing village called Strete Undercliff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1708437505663!6m8!1m7!1sssbiR500Qk061_7nqX5vVQ!2m2!1d50.29839345396557!2d-3.63742130024483!3f169.63172482854583!4f6.4250642481548255!5f0.7820865974627469\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking south from Strete Gate the shingle ridge stretches out all the way until the village of Torcross, just visible in the distance 3 miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/01-shingle-beach.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shingle ridge was formed after the last ice age, about 7-10,000 years ago. At this time polar ice melted, causing sea levels to rise. The rising sea levels pushed shingle in from the English Channel, forming the ridge you can see today. A close look at the pebbles making up the shingle, suggests they come from a wide variety of rock types, which can be seen from their different colours and textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stop 1A<br>Walking!<br>SX 835 455<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/files\/2024\/02\/stop01a.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/02-the-road\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"57\">02 &#8211; The Road<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-guides.co.uk\/slapton\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2\">00 &#8211; The Walk<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop 1Strete GateSX 835 456 The walk begins just outside Strete, close to where the road takes a north-wards detour inland. 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