St Catherine's Tor / Hartland Quay

📍 St Catherine's Tor, Hartland, Devon EX39 6DU, Hartland, United Kingdom

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St Catherine's Tor / Hartland Quay — Photo: Fernweh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

King's Landing shore — funeral pyre

House of the Dragon S01E01 Major spoilers

Rhaenyra commands Syrax to burn Queen Aemma's pyre on the cliff.

Rhaenyra Targaryen Viserys I Targaryen Daemon Targaryen Alicent Hightower

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Real-world history

Coastal tor above Screda Cove. Season 1 used the clifftop for Queen Aemma's funeral pyre; Syrax lights the wood while a digital Red Keep sits on the headland behind.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Coast path is free. Respect farmland and cliff edges.

Parking & accessibility: Hartland Quay pay-and-display; walk the South West Coast Path.

Best time to visit: Clear evenings. The path is exposed in Atlantic weather.

What else to see here

Hartland Quay

Harbour / hotel

15 min walk
Hartland Abbey

House

10 min drive