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.Photo: Mark Land, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burgh Island and Church of St Lawrence.
Burgh Island
Island
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Jolly Janner, Public domain.
Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England. It is part of the civil parish of Bigbury which is centred on a small village of that name about a mile inland.
Bantham
Hamlet
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bantham is a coastal village 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″ northLongitude
-3.8731° or 3° 52′ 23″ westPopulation
564Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
9C2R842G+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 386917795OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7300279Wikidata ID
Q2800432
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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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