Start Point, Devon

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Start Point
Promontory
View east, including Start Point Lighthouse in mid-picture.
Start Point Shown within Devon
Coordinates: 50°13′18″N 3°38′28″W / 50.221767°N 3.641213°W / 50.221767; -3.641213
Grid position	SX832370

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams district in Devon, England, grid reference SX832370. Close to the most southerly point in the county, it marks the southern limit of Start Bay, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart.

The rocks of the point are greenschist and mica-schist, formed by metamorphism of Devonian sediments during a period of mountain building towards the end of the Carboniferous period.

The name "Start" derives from an Anglo-Saxon word steort, meaning a tail. This root also appears in the names of birds with distinctive tails, like the redstart.