Man Sands

Man Sands is a beach in Kingswear, South Hams District, England. Man Sands is situated nearby to the ruins Old Limekiln, as well as near the headland Crabrock Point.

Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Devon, England
Also known as: “Mansands”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Long Sands and St Mary’s Church, Brixham.

Long Sands

Beach

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Long Sands is a beach, which is situated 3,500 feet south of Man Sands.

St Mary’s Church, Brixham

Church

Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Higher Brixham, in the county of Devon, England. It is a listed building of Grade II* and was first listed in 1949. St Mary’s Church, Brixham is situated 1 mile north of Man Sands.

Scabbacombe Sands

Beach

Photo: Brian Whittle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scabbacombe Sands is a beach, which is situated 1 mile south of Man Sands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brixham and Churston Ferrers.

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.

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. Churston Ferrers is situated 2 miles northwest of Man Sands.

Galmpton

Village

Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Galmpton is a semi-rural village in Torbay, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of Churston Ferrers, though some areas historically considered parts of Galmpton, such as Greenway and Galmpton Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. Galmpton is situated 2½ miles northwest of Man Sands.

Man Sands

Category: landform
Location: Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.37135° or 50° 22′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.51596° or 3° 30′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C2R9FCM+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 131550265

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

Wikidata ID

Q99796491

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