The cliffs of the North Devon coast around Bideford Bay are broken by deep valleys that run almost down to the sea, but not quite. At the mouth there is usually a drop of some feet to the shore, down which tumbles a stream. Peppercombe is just such a valley, steep and wooded, and then opening out into a meadow, 40 feet or more above the beach. The stream goes straight down the final stretch in a fine waterfall, but there is no need for you to do the same, thanks to a gently sloping path.