Salcombe
Salcombe is a prominent resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, southern west England. The community is close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, primarily improved the high west side of the tidewater. It exists within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The community's substantial waterside and also the naturally sheltered harbour formed by the tidewater generated its success as a boat and also shipbuilding as well as cruising port and, in contemporary times, tourism particularly in the form of enjoyment cruising as well as yachting. The community is additionally residence to a conventional shellfish angling market. The town belongs to the electoral ward of Salcombe and also Malborough, for which the 2011 census recorded a complete population of 3,353. Kingsbridge Estuary (in fact a ria or sank valley) lies between Screw Head as well as Sharpitor on the west and Portlemouth Down on the east, and also runs inland for some 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi). The tidewater was assigned a Site of Special Scientific Interest in February 1987 as well as is also a Local Nature Reserve.
