Salcombe
Salcombe is a popular resort community in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England. The community 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 town's comprehensive beachfront as well as the normally protected harbour formed by the estuary triggered its success as a watercraft and shipbuilding as well as cruising port as well as, in contemporary times, tourist especially in the form of enjoyment sailing and also yacht. The community is additionally house to a standard shellfish angling sector. The community is part of the electoral ward of Salcombe and Malborough, for which the 2011 census recorded a total population of 3,353. Kingsbridge Estuary (in fact a ria or drowned valley) exists in between Bolt Head as well as Sharpitor on the west and also Portlemouth Down on the eastern, as well as runs inland for some 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi). The tidewater was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in February 1987 as well as is additionally a Local Nature Reserve.
