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About the Area

St Mary’s Bay - Sandy beach a short walk from caravan with about 100 steps to get to it - easy going down, but a bit harder coming up! Nothing here other than sand, water and peace.

Shoalstone - With rock pools, open air sea water pool, a little café and toilets. You can walk into Brixham via the harbour.

Broadsands - This is on the route towards Torquay and just outside of Brixham about 10/15 minutes drive. Car parking and all facilities, including beach hut hire, canoes boats etc. This is a very safe sandy beach.

Goodrington - Just another 5 minute drive towards Torquay, again with all facilities including a family restaurant. The beach is a mix of sand and tiny pebbles; very safe, with toilets, amusement arcade, pedal swans and motor bumper boats on the lake. Also electric cars for the children, walks around the beach, and you can even walk into Paignton if you have the energy.

Paignton - A seaside town, again only another 5 minutes on towards Torquay, with loads of shops, amusement arcades, pier and everything else you might want - including the beach.

Torquay - The main local town with a beach and sand, but not as much as the others. There's also lots of large department stores, shops, other facilities, amusements, restaurants, cinemas, theatres etc. etc.

Babbicombe - Through Torquay about 10 minutes drive along the coast, this is a cliff type area, with cliff railway to the beach or a long walk. A miniature village is worth a visit, also Bygones, which is a Victorian museum with a difference - walk amongst the shops and see and smell things gone by; it is an interesting place for all of the family.

Stoke Gabriel - This is on the estuary, with a lake as well; if you want to go and catch crabs this is where to go. Record catch so far is my niece, 140 crabs in one hour - beat that! There is a café, parking and walks around the village. Ideal for picnics. Dartmoor - Get away from everything here, with ponies, sheep and cows all in the roads. There's also lakes, walks, hills, fishing and lots of other things to do and explore.

This is just a snapshot of the area; we have been here many times over many years and still find new places every visit.

NB: Parking. The parking tickets allow you to park in any Torbay car park and therefore you can use all of the time you pay for, wherever you go. You can buy a weekly ticket for about £38 which covers all of Torbay. This is available online or at the Tourist Information Centre, one of which you will find in Brixham.

At-a-Glance Tick List