Salcombe
Salcombe is a preferred hotel community in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England. The town is close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, mostly built on the steep west side of the tidewater. It exists within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The community's extensive beachfront and the normally protected harbour created by the tidewater triggered its success as a boat as well as shipbuilding and also cruising port as well as, in modern times, tourist particularly in the form of enjoyment cruising and yachting. The town is also home to a traditional shellfish fishing market. The community belongs to the selecting ward of Salcombe and Malborough, for which the 2011 census recorded a total population of 3,353. Kingsbridge Estuary (really a ria or drowned valley) lies in between Bolt Head as well as Sharpitor on the west and Portlemouth Down on the eastern, and runs inland for some 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi). The tidewater was assigned a Site of Special Scientific Interest in February 1987 and is likewise a Local Nature Reserve.
