Coombe is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 in northeast Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

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Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow

Morwenstow

thumb|Parish Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, MorwenstowMorwenstow is a civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated near the coast approximately six miles north of Bude....

 three miles (5 km) north of Bude

Bude

Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust

Landmark Trust

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Coombe Mill

Coombe Mill, a disused mill built on 4 levels, lies at the bottom of Coombe Valley. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest

Site of Special Scientific Interest

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, noted for its various species of bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

that inhabit the mill's buildings.