Looking down on Torcross and Slapton Sands from Torcross Point. Slapton Ley is visible behind the houses.The "inland" part of Torcross seen from across Slapton Ley.Salvaged Sherman M4A1 DD tank from Operation Tiger
Torcross is a seaside village in the South Hams district of south Devon in England. It stands at grid reference SX822420 at the southern end of Slapton Sands, a narrow strip of land and shingle beach which separates the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley from Start Bay and carries the A379 coastal road north to Dartmouth.
Torcross is a seaside village in the South Hams district of south Devon in England. It stands at grid reference SX822420 at the southern end of Slapton...
port of Brixham through Churston, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Slapton Sands, Torcross, East Prawle, Salcombe and Bigbury Bay almost to the boundaries of Plymouth...
section of the coast path. Slapton Lea near Torcross is a nature reserve. The Start Bay Inn at Torcross is well-known for fish and chips. Other pubs...
a beachcomber named Ken Small. It is now on display in the village of Torcross as part of a memorial to those who died on 8 April 1944 when an invasion...
Prawle Point. Along it, from south to north, are Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton Sands, Strete, Blackpool Sands and Stoke Fleming. The South West...
stressed. As well as Stokenham the civil parish includes the settlements of Torcross, Beesands, Hallsands, Kellaton, Kernborough, Dunstone, Beeson and Chillington...
Beesands is a small settlement located midway between Hallsands and Torcross on the coast of Start Bay in South Devon, England. It is best known as a tourist...
foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of Torcross, Devon with the loss of all hands. Harry Hastings United Kingdom The ship...
rescued by Silistria. Mabel United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire...
Chéticamp. Lotus United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Santander, Spain. Macauley United...
Stokenham and Brixham, etc. The family home was Widdicombe House, near Torcross, built in 1785 and enlarged in 1820. They also owned Brookhill, Dartmouth...
severely damaged. Jernbararen Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Torcross, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall, to Runcorn...
ashore in Studland Bay. Polka United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durhm to Lisbon...
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