Salcombe
Salcombe is a prominent hotel community in the South Hams area of Devon, south west England. The town 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 town's considerable waterfront and also the normally protected harbour created by the tidewater triggered its success as a boat as well as shipbuilding as well as cruising port and, in modern-day times, tourism particularly in the form of satisfaction cruising and yacht. The town is additionally home to a typical shellfish fishing sector. The community becomes part of the selecting ward of Salcombe as well as Malborough, for which the 2011 census recorded a total population of 3,353. Kingsbridge Estuary (actually a ria or drowned valley) exists between Screw Head as well as Sharpitor on the west and also Portlemouth Down on the east, and also runs inland for some 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi). The estuary was marked a Site of Special Scientific Interest in February 1987 and also is likewise a Local Nature Reserve.
