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Tor Bay

Tor Bay is a bay on the south-east coast of the county of , England. Facing east into the , it is about 4.5 mi wide from north to south.
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Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay on the south-east coast of the county of Devon, England
  • Also known as: “Torbay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paignton railway station and Paignton Pier.

Railway station
Photo: Ianmacm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the town and seaside resort of in , England. It is 222 miles 12 chains from , via Box. It opened in 1859 and is now the terminus of Riviera Line services from and heritage services on the Dartmouth Steam Railway from Kingswear.

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pleasure in the large English seaside resort of , . It was financed by Arthur Hyde Dendy, a local Paignton barrister and designed by George Soudon Bridgman.

Theater building
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in , England is a 1,500 seat theatre that first opened its doors on Wednesday 7 June 1961. Top of the bill on opening night were Tommy Cooper and Morecambe & Wise.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include London Bridge and Goodrington.

Locality
Photo: JLParton, CC0.
is a natural arch on the coast of in , England.

Suburb
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY 3.0.
is an area of Paignton in , England. It is situated in Tor Bay and lies between town centre and , less than 1 mile south of central . Its beach is known as Sands.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a seaside town in the area of the region of . The town, which has a history as a fishing village but is also on the railway line, is home to the well-known Zoo.

Tor Bay

Latitude
50.4294° or 50° 25′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.51543° or 3° 30′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C2RCFHM+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 561473001
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2635679
Wiki­data ID
Q16901849
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Tor Bay” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Торбей”
  • Cebuano: “Tor Bay”
  • German: “Tor Bay”
  • Swedish: “Tor Bay”
  • Welsh: “Bae Tor”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tor Bay”. Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.