Beaches & Coastal in South Devon
Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre, Plymouth, South Devon
Offers an extraordinary range of watersports in and around Plymouth Sound Located on the coast of Plymouth Sound. Offers the full English breakfast of watersports. Activities include kayaking, canoeing, stand up paddle boarding, windsurfing, coasteering, gorge walking, dinghy sailing, keelbo...
Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, South Devon
Superb views of Plymouth and Plymouth Sound Mount Batten is located across the water from Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth Barbican and Sutton Harbour. Mount Batten Breakwater juts out into the water providing awesome views of the city and bay. Take the ferry that runs between Plymouth Barbi...
Mount Batten Point and Tower, Plymouth, South Devon
Historical landmark offering great views of Plymouth ‘The large circular tower in front of you is thought to have been built between about 1646 and 1652, probably in response to the threat of war with the Dutch. It was named after William Batten, who had commanded the Parliamentary navy in Plym...
Plymouth Sound, Plymouth, South Devon
Huge bay by Plymouth flanked by the South Devon and East Cornwall coastline Also known as The Sound, Plymouth Sound is a bay by Plymouth arcing from Wembury through Plymouth Hoe to Penlee Point in Cornwall. It contains Plymouth Breakwater and Drake's Island. Plymouth Sound can be approa...
Batten Bay Beach, Plymouth, South Devon
Beach a short ferry ride south of central Plymouth Batten Bay Beach is a rock, shingle and coarse sand beach a short ferry ride south of central Plymouth. There are plenty of rockpools to explore and superb views. The beach looks out across Plymouth Sound to Plymouth Breakwater and C...
Plymouth Breakwater, Plymouth, South Devon
Prominent feature in Plymouth Sound Spend time in Plymouth or the nearby South Devon and East Cornwall coastlines and you'll see a breakwater near the mouth of Plymouth Sound. This is Plymouth Breakwater. Plymouth Breakwater is ‘1560 metres long and 13 metres wide at the top. Building of the...
Plymouth South West Coast Path Walk, Plymouth, South Devon
The South West Coast Path at Plymouth Plymouth is arguably the best located city in the UK. Stand on Plymouth Hoe and you'll see the South Devon and East Cornwall coastlines by Plymouth Sound. It's one of the Westcoutry's most famous views. You can follow these coastlines on the South West C...
Rum Bay Beach, Plymouth, South Devon
Compact rock, shingle and sand beach near Mount Batten Rum Bay Beach is a rock, shingle and coarse sand beach a short ferry ride south of central Plymouth. It sits below Jennycliff and Jennycliff Cafe. Note that there's a large car parking area just south east of the beach although we'd r...
Jennycliff Beach, Plymouth, South Devon
Lovely Plymouth beach below Jennycliff on the east coast of Plymouth Sound Jennycliff Beach is a rock, shingle and coarse sand beach on the east coast of Plymouth Sound. It sits below Jennycliff and Jennycliff Cafe. The views from the cliffs above the beach are awesome. There are plenty of benche...
Bovisand Pier, Plymouth, South Devon
Pier near the popular Bovisand Beach Bovisand Beach is a popular South Devon beach near Plymouth. It sits below a large car parking area by Bovisand Fort, Brownhill Battery and Staddon Fort. Bovisand Pier juts out into Plymouth Sound by Bovisand Fort. Location of Bovisand Pier...
Bovisand Beach, Plymouth, South Devon
Popular holiday park beach near Plymouth Head south of Plymouth to the Bovisand Bay and Wembury Point area of South Devon and you're in beach holiday territory. The most popular leisure beach in this area is Bovisand Beach. At low tide, it's a deep sand beach backing onto a holiday park....
Wembury Point Beach, Wembury, South Devon
Small beach at Wembury Point There's a small beach at Wembury Point west of Wembury Beach and Wembury Marine Centre. When visiting, you'll notice the remains of a wall which appears to be have been one of the many sea pools* that you find in South West England. When the tide rises,...
Langdon Beach, Wembury, South Devon
Big rock, shingle and sand beach at Wembury Bay Whilst it's not marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL20 'South Devon' map, Langdon Beach is a big rock, shingle and sand beach running pretty much from Wembury Point around to Wembury Beach by Wembury in South Devon. Out at sea is the distinctiv...
Wembury Bay and Great Mew Stone, Wembury, South Devon
Beautiful coastal area in South Devon Wembury Bay is a beautiful coastal area in the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Yealm flows into the bay. Plymouth Sound is to the north west. Cawsand Bay and Rame Head are to the west in Cornwall. Out at sea is Great Mew Stone. Th...
Wembury South West Coast Path Walk, Wembury, South Devon
The South West Coast Path at Wembury Wembury Beach is beautiful National Trust land lining Wembury Bay to the east of Plymouth Sound. The setting is stunning and there's great coastal walking east to the River Yealm and Estuary by Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo or west to Plymouth Sound and then Pl...