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The inner harbour provides trot moorings for approximately 50 vessels, up to 35 feet in length. [2] Within the inner harbour there is a replica of Francis Drake's Golden Hind. The vessel is permanently moored and is used as a museum ship. [3] The old fish market is situated on the western side of the harbour.
Brixham / ˈ b r ɪ k s əm / is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England.As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825.
Churston Golf Course, on the land north of Churston Court extending to the coast. Churston Court is the manor house of the former manor of Churston Ferrers (anciently Cercetone (Domesday Book, 1086 [1]), Churecheton (Book of Fees, 13th c. [2]), Churchstow, [3] Churchton, [4] Churchston, [5] etc.), near Brixham in Devon and is a Grade II* listed building.
An Act to transfer to and vest in the Urban District Council of the Urban District of Brixham in the County of Devon the undertaking of the Commissioners for improving the Harbour and Market of Brixham to dissolve those Commissioners and for other purposes. (Repealed by Tor Bay Harbour Act 1970 (c. liii))
The block has 176 properties in total, consisting of 3 low rise flats and 173 high rise flats. [ 4 ] It was designed in 1968-70 by a team of architects including Magda Borowiecka, and built between 1972-1981. [ 5 ]
Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England.The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude.It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows.
The purchase price of the railway was £250,000 and a further £25,000 was paid for signalling alterations at Paignton. Most of this was recouped from the sale of surplus land, mainly at Goodrington, which was subsequently developed as flats, and at Kingswear, which became a marina. The Royal Dart Hotel at Kingswear was sold later. [10]
In 1870 Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon commissioned the building of a new harbour in Torquay, which made the town popular amongst yacht sailors. [18] Whilst not as commercial as nearby Brixham, the harbour at Torquay was heavily involved in importing coal and wool from Australia, which was then sent to the mills in the North of England. [6]