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OS grid reference
  
SX650443

Country
  
England

Police
  
Devon and Cornwall

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:53 PM

District
  
South Hams

UK parliament constituency
  
South West Devon

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Fire
  
Devon and Somerset

Shire county
  
Devon

Civil parish
  
Bigbury

Bigbury-on-Sea

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 32 km/h, 80% Humidity

Bigbury on sea kingsbridge devon september 2014


Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England. It is part of the civil parish of Bigbury which is centred on a small village of that name about a mile inland. Bigbury-on-Sea village is on the coast above the largest sandy beach in South Devon facing south to Bigbury Bay. The tidal island of Burgh Island lies about 270 yards (250 metres) offshore.

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Map of Bigbury-on-Sea, Kingsbridge, UK

At the start of the 20th century Bigbury-on-Sea consisted of a few fishermen's cottages with fish cellars. The village grew with the growth in holidaymaking and now has a beach cafe, and by the mainland side of causeway is the Burgh Island Causeway resort built in 1998 replacing the burnt out fishermen's cottages after a controversial planning application. The resort is made up of privately owned and holiday let flats and a private leisure club with indoor pool and gym. The Devon Coastal Path runs behind the resort.

The large sandy beach is very popular for wave and wind based water sports, but it lost its Blue Flag beach status in 2012 due to water quality issues.

There are two large car parks with easy access to the beaches and the walk across the sand bar to Burgh Island with its Art Deco Hotel and Pilchard Inn. When the tide covers the sand bar access is by the sea tractor.

Bigbury on sea september 2014


References

Bigbury-on-Sea Wikipedia