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Shoalstone Pool is an outdoor 53 metre sea water swimming Pool situated in a stunning position on Brixham sea front. The Pool is one of only a few left in the country. It is built into a natural rock pool that in Victorian times was popular for bathing.
Brixham Harbour is a harbour and fishing port situated at Brixham, Devon, England. It is home to one of the largest fishing fleets in the United Kingdom. [1]
Fishstock Brixham is a one-day annual seafood and live music festival held in aid of the Fishermen's Mission (RNMDSF). It is a licensed event, organised by volunteers and held inside the new Fish Market Development on the harbour side. Normally the event is held on the second Saturday of September, but the date also varies for Spring tides.
The breakwater provides shelter for vessels mooring at the port, including the historic Brixham fishing fleet. The building of the structure to its final length spanned several decades, with work beginning in 1843 to the design of the local civil engineer James Meadows Rendel [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and being completed in 1916, when the present cast-iron ...
St. Mary's Bay is a sand and shingle beach located near the fishing town of Brixham, Devon, England It was originally called Mudstone Bay because of the local mudstone bedrock of the cliffs. [ 1 ] It has footpath access from a car park and can be reached as a detour from a walk along the coast path .
Berry Head, South Devon. Berry Head is a coastal headland that forms the southern boundary of Tor Bay in Devon, England.Lying to the east of the town of Brixham, it is a national nature reserve [1] and a local nature reserve.
The Brixham Battery and a similar one at Corbyn Head, Torquay, were only two of many sited along the South Coast. One of the more heavily armed batteries was at Froward Point, near Kingswear, known as Brownstone Battery. This was a 'close defence' battery sited in June 1942 and armed with 'LS' (Land Service) 6 Inch Mark VII guns on mark II ...
Sharkham Point is a headland located close to the Devon fishing town of Brixham. It overlooks St. Mary's Bay and is a short walk away from Berry Head Country Park. This stretch was originally the Coastguard Walk along which the coastguards regularly patrolled.