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OS grid reference
  
SX9265

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Devon

District
  
Torbay

Country
  
England

Postcode district
  
TQ1

Post town
  
Torquay

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Babbacombe Model Village, Kents Cavern, Living Coasts, Oddicombe Beach, Cockington Court

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"Babbacombe" may also refer to John 'Babbacombe' Lee

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Map of Babbacombe, Torquay, UK

Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village, the Babbacombe Theatre and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway.

Babbacombe model village devon holiday attractions


Churches and schools

The church of All Saints was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built in 1868-74. It is in the Neogothic style and has fine polychrome stonework in the font, pulpit and the chancel floor made from Devon marble. All Saints church belongs to the Anglo-Catholic tradition within the Church of England and its parish is one of those in the Diocese of Exeter. The first vicar was Fr. John Hewitt whose ministry began when the church was founded and continued to his retirement in 1910.

Babbacombe has a primary school, All Saints Babbacombe Church of England Primary School.

References

Babbacombe Wikipedia