Bigbury
Bigbury is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 582, compared to 260 in 1901, and decreasing to 500 in 2011.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burgh Island and Church of St Lawrence.
Burgh Island
Island
Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurlestone and Bigbury-on-Sea.
Thurlestone
Village
Thurlestone is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. The village is about 5 miles west of Kingsbridge. There is an electoral ward in the same name. Thurlestone is situated 2 miles south of Bigbury.
Bigbury-on-Sea
Village
Bantham
Hamlet
Bantham is a coastal village in the civil parish of Thurlestone, in south Devon, England. It is in the South Hams district and lies on the estuary of the River Avon a quarter of a mile from the sea at Bigbury Bay.
Bigbury
- Type: Village with 564 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, England, UK
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3017° or 50° 18′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.8731° or 3° 52′ 23″ west
Population
564
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
Open location code
9C2R842G+MQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Bigbury from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Bigbury” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бигбурй”
- Cebuano: “Bigbury”
- Chinese: “Bigbury”
- Dutch: “Bigbury”
- French: “Bigbury”
- Irish: “Bigbury”
- Ladin: “Bigbury”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bigbury”
- Polish: “Bigbury”
- Swedish: “Bigbury”
- Welsh: “Bigbury”
- “Bigbury”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bowls Cross and St Ann’s Chapel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bigbury Green and Bigbury Memorial Hall.
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