Branscombe
The village of Branscombe is found on the coast of East Devon between Seaton and Sidmouth and is one of the most relaxing and picturesque villages on Jurassic Coastline.Photo: grumpylumixuser, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 513 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Branscombe, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beer Quarry Caves and St Winifred’s Church.
Beer Quarry Caves
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beer Quarry Caves is a man-made limestone underground complex located about a mile west of the village of Beer, Devon, and the main source in England for Beer stone.
St Winifred’s Church
Church
Photo: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Winifred's Church is a Church of England church in Branscombe in Devon, England. The church is dedicated to Saint Winifred, a Welsh saint. It is among the oldest and most architecturally significant parish churches of Devon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beer and Seaton.
Beer
Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.
Beer is a seaside village in East Devon in the West Country of England. The village rings a small cove with a big beach, with no harbour to speak of. Boats are pulled up onto the beach. In years gone by it was popular with smugglers.
Seaton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaton is a seaside town, fishing harbour and civil parish in East Devon on the south coast of England, between Axmouth and Beer. It faces onto Lyme Bay and is on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.
Colyton
Photo: Erp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority area, the river River Coly runs through it. It is 3 miles from Seaton and 6 miles from Axminster.
Branscombe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.6937° or 50° 41′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.1291° or 3° 7′ 45″ westPopulation
513Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BBEOpen location code
9C2RMVVC+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 293719605OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Branscombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Branscombe”
- Chinese: “Branscombe”
- Chinese: “布蘭斯科姆”
- Dutch: “Branscombe”
- French: “Branscombe”
- German: “Branscombe”
- Hebrew: “ברנסקום”
- Irish: “Branscombe”
- Italian: “Branscombe”
- Ladin: “Branscombe”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Branscombe”
- Persian: “برانسکومب”
- Polish: “Branscombe”
- Russian: “Бранскомб”
- South Azerbaijani: “برانسکومب”
- Swedish: “Branscombe”
- Welsh: “Branscombe”
- “Branscombe”
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