Black Head
Black Head is a locality in Torbay, England. Black Head is situated nearby to the locality Hope’s Nose, as well as near Lincombe Slopes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kents Cavern and Gleneagles Hotel.
Kents Cavern
Photo: Jcg2006, Public domain.
Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features. The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957.
Gleneagles Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gleneagles Hotel was a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England. The 41-bed establishment, which opened in the 1960s, was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers, a British situation comedy first broadcast in the mid-1970s.
Babbacombe Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Babbacombe Theatre is a theatre in Babbacombe in Torquay, South Devon, England. Refurbished in 2009, the venue has been part of the Bay's tourism industry since the 1930s, and is known for staging variety shows, particularly since 1986 when Colin Matthews took over the venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Quarry Point and Torquay.
Long Quarry Point
Locality
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Long Quarry Point is a coastal promontory below Wall's Hill in Torquay, Devon, England. The site is part of the Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Torquay
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
Ellacombe
Suburb
Photo: Chislopuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ellacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon. Ellacombe is home to Ellacombe Primary school, which is known to be the only place in Torquay that still has a fully standing World War II air raid shelter.
Black Head
- Type: Locality
- Category: headland
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.46836° or 50° 28′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.49095° or 3° 29′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C2RFG95+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 364696022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=headlandOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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