Salcombe
Salcombe is a resort town 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 estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,200 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Salcombe, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salcombe Church of England Primary School and Salcombe Lifeboat Station.
Salcombe Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salcombe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Salcombe, Devon in England. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1869.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsbridge Estuary and Kingsbridge.
Kingsbridge Estuary
Locality
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kingsbridge Estuary in the South Hams area of Devon, England, runs from Kingsbridge in the north to its mouth at the English Channel near Salcombe and lies between Bolt Head and Sharpitor to the west and Portlemouth Down to the east.
Kingsbridge
Photo: The-stickman, CC BY 3.0.
Kingsbridge is a market town in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of Kingsbridge.
Prawle Point
Locality
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prawle Point is a coastal headland in south Devon, England. It is the southernmost point of Devon. Just to the west is Elender Cove, and further west are Gammons Head Beach, also known as Maceley Cove, and Gammon Head. Prawle Point is situated 3½ miles southeast of Salcombe.
Salcombe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Salcombe, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.23882° or 50° 14′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.77261° or 3° 46′ 21″ westPopulation
2,200Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SCBOpen location code
9C2R66QG+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 27198595OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Salcombe” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Salcombe”
- Basque: “Salcombe”
- Bengali: “সেলকম্বে”
- Catalan: “Salcombe”
- Cebuano: “Salcombe”
- Chinese: “Salcombe”
- Chinese: “索爾科姆”
- Chinese: “萨科姆”
- Chinese: “薩科姆”
- Dutch: “Salcombe”
- French: “Salcombe”
- German: “Salcombe”
- Gujarati: “સાલકોમ્બ”
- Irish: “Salcombe”
- Italian: “Salcombe”
- Japanese: “サルクーム”
- Japanese: “サルコンベ”
- Kannada: “ಸಲ್ಕೊಂಬ್”
- Korean: “살콤”
- Ladin: “Salcombe”
- Latin: “Salcombe”
- Lithuanian: “Salkombė”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Salcombe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salcombe”
- Persian: “سالکومب”
- Polish: “Salcombe”
- Portuguese: “Salcombe”
- Romanian: “Salcombe”
- Russian: “Салкомб”
- Silesian: “Salcombe”
- South Azerbaijani: “سالکومب”
- Spanish: “Salcombe”
- Swedish: “Salcombe”
- Tamil: “சால்காம்பே”
- Telugu: “సాల్కంబే”
- Urdu: “سالکومبی”
- Welsh: “Salcombe”
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