Shiphay
Shiphay is a district in the north of Torquay. It has a population of about 6,000 and is the location of two grammar schools, three primary schools, the District Hospital, many fields, and Torquay’s fire station.Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torquay Boys’ Grammar School and St John The Baptist.
Torquay Boys’ Grammar School
School
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay Boys' Grammar School is an 11–18 selective boys grammar school in Torquay, Devon, England. As of May 2023, it had 1,087 students. The school was founded in 1904.
Torbay Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torbay Hospital in Torquay is the main hospital of South Devon, England. It is managed by the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torre and Chelston.
Torre
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.
Chelston
Suburb
Photo: Paul Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area.
Cockington
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockington is a village near Torquay, in the Torbay district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Cockington with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about two miles from the centre of Torquay.
Shiphay
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Torquay, in Devon, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.47812° or 50° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.55838° or 3° 33′ 30″ westElevation
256 feet (78 metres)Open location code
9C2RFCHR+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 316129455OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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