Scabbacombe Head
Scabbacombe Head is a headland in Kingswear, South Hams District, England. Scabbacombe Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Woodhuish, as well as near Kingston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS D1 and Kingswear Castle.
HMS D1
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS D1 was one of eight D-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.
Kingswear Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingswear Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. It was constructed between 1491 and 1502 in response to the threat of French attack and was one of the first purpose-built artillery forts in Britain.
Dartmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brixham and Dartmouth.
Brixham
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825.
Dartmouth
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dartmouth is a town in the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. A historic port location, Dartmouth's geography and seaside location combined with its traditional architecture make it an idyllic settlement popular with tourists from around Britain and the near continent.
Churston Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham.
Scabbacombe Head
- Type: Headland
- Category: landform
- Location: Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3526° or 50° 21′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.5158° or 3° 30′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C2R9F3M+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 333751531OpenStreetMap feature
natural=headland
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodhuish and Kingston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scabbacombe Sands and Long Sands.
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