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The Pier and Harbour Order (Salcombe) Confirmation Act 1954 established the harbour as a statutory harbour under local authority ownership (i.e. a municipal port) and conferred powers on the urban district council of Salcombe (which was later to be incorporated into the South Hams District Council) to "authorize the Council to construct works to maintain manage and improve the said harbor and ...
Local places of interest are Dartmouth, Salcombe harbour and the creeks towards Kingsbridge and South Pool, the coast path between Bolt Tail, Bolt Head, Prawle Point, Start Point. Salcombe is renowned for sailing, racing taking place regularly, plus a summer regatta. There are many pleasant beaches along this section of the coast path.
South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England.Its council is based in the town of Totnes, although the largest town is Ivybridge.The district also contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
Castle Cove. Castle Cove, also known as Sandsfoot Cove, is a small secluded sand beach to the west of Weymouth, in Dorset, southern England.It is in the parish of Wyke Regis, close to that village but closer to Sandsfoot Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built around 1541 opposite its contemporary Portland Castle to protect Portland Roads (principally Weymouth Harbour).
Conway Yacht Club: active [38] 1928: Scottish Islands One Design: 8.53 m (28 ft 0 in) Alfred Mylne: McGruers at Clynder: 5 on the Clyde, 4 elsewhere (2013) [39] 1928: Atlantic One-Design: 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) [40] Starling Burgess: Cedar Point YC, Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, Kollegewidgwok YC, Madison Beach Club, Niantic Bay YC [41] 1929 ...
Weymouth Beach — one of the beaches that border Weymouth Bay.. Weymouth Bay is a sheltered bay on the south coast of England, in Dorset.It is protected from erosion by Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland, and includes several beaches, notably Weymouth Beach, a gently curving arc of golden sand which stretches from the resort of Weymouth.
Salcombe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Salcombe, Devon in England. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1869. The Salcombe Lifeboat has twice capsized, in 1916 with the loss of 13 lives, and in 1983 with no loss of life.
Salcombe Regis is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sidmouth, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book as "a manor called Selcoma" held by Osbern FitzOsbern , bishop of Exeter , the manor house stood on the site now occupied by Thorn Farm.