{{Short description|Promontory of land on the coast of England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Climbing on Hurlstone Point '''Hurlstone point''' ({{Gbmapping|SS898492}}) is a promontory of land between Porlock Weir and Minehead in the Exmoor National Park on the coast of Somerset, England.
Hurlstone Point marks the boundary between Porlock Bay and Blue Anchor Bay in the Bristol Channel and is on the South West Coast Path.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/main/walks/index.cfm?fsa=dspWalkDetail&w_id=58|title=Bossington to Selworthy|work=Official Guide to the South West Coast Path|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref> There is a coastguard lookout shelter on the point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=76112 |title=Coastguard's lookout at Hurlstone Point, Selworthy, Somerset |work=Viewfinder National Monuments Record |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=24 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606114400/http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=76112 |archivedate=6 June 2011 }}</ref>
The rocks, including a large slab known as "coastguard wall" are popular with climbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=679|title=Hurlstone point|publisher=UK Climbing.com|accessdate=2008-08-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050223180309/http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=679|archivedate=2005-02-23}}</ref>
In 2007 a cyclist was rescued after falling {{convert|40|ft|m|0}} down the cliff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/6618341.stm|title=Cyclist rescued after cliff fall|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-08-09 | date=2007-05-03}}</ref>
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Category:Headlands of Somerset Category:Exmoor Category:Bristol Channel
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