beaches and pubs in the south hams area of devon

mogwai · 2006-03-31T18:55:46+00:00

We will be staying near to Modbury in September. Our daughter will be 14 months, so we'd like to know which are the nicest beaches in the area and are there any nice pubs on rivers or similar picturesque places?

melbob · 31/03/2006 20:00

Slapton Sands and the pub called the Start bay inn in the Village at the end of the beach called Torcross comes highly recommended by a friend who's a locla and is in our AA 1001 days great family days out

franca70 · 03/04/2006 16:28

Blackpool Sands near Dartmouth is stunning and its Venus Cafe sells paninis, hamburgers etc using local, organic products and great ice-creams.
If you fancy something posh try the Winking Prawn, it ovelooks a lovely beach in Salcombe (can't remember the name of the beach, but I think the restaurant has a website), it serves food everyday, from sandwiches to lobster. You can eat in the garden, which is great when you have little ones with you. The ice-cream is, again, great. have fun

mum2sam · 17/04/2006 14:13

Challaborough and bigbury bay are lovely beaches and are literally a 10/15min drive from modbury. Challaborough is more enclosed and you literally step onto the beach. There is also a pub that overlooks it with a seating area. But the pub meals are awful although they do have a hut selling fish and chips, ice creams which is ok etc.They also have a mini supermarket and a field for parking which is in behind the pub if you follow the road around.

Just before you get to challaborough you will pass through a little villiage and you should see a sighpost for the journeys inn which is very nice.

Modbury has lovely pubs and cafes but on the way to challaborough you will come across a black and white pub on a corner near a crossroads it used to be called the pickwick inn but i have a feeling that has changed. It also did a carvery which was lovely and had a little park with seating area outside.

Bigbury is also famous for burgh island when the tide is in you can catch the tractor across to the other side which is exciting for little ones.

Blackpool sands is very popular but if i remember it was more pebbly then sandy.I will try to find some more info for you where are you from.

mum2sam · 17/04/2006 14:28

Challaborough and bigbury bay are lovely beaches and are literally a 10/15min drive from modbury. Challaborough is more enclosed and you literally step onto the beach. There is also a pub that overlooks it with a seating area. But the pub meals are awful although they do have a hut selling fish and chips, ice creams which is ok etc.They also have a mini supermarket and a field for parking which is in behind the pub if you follow the road around.

Just before you get to challaborough you will pass through a little villiage and you should see a sighpost for the journeys inn which is very nice.

Modbury has lovely pubs and cafes but on the way to challaborough you will come across a black and white pub on a corner near a crossroads it used to be called the pickwick inn but i have a feeling that has changed. It also did a carvery which was lovely and had a little park with seating area outside.

Bigbury is also famous for burgh island when the tide is in you can catch the tractor across to the other side which is exciting for little ones.

Blackpool sands is very popular but if i remember it was more pebbly then sandy.I will try to find some more info for you where are you from.

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mogwai · 18/04/2006 13:05

I'm up north, so I don;t know the area at all

thanks for your replies!

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MumofIsaac · 21/04/2006 09:06

I think Franca70 is thinking of South Sands in Salcombe - it's really child friendly and has a fab restaurant on the beach. There's also The Ferry Inn which is actually in the town and the beer garden overlooks the estuary - serves good chips etc. I spent many summers in Salcombe as a child and have wonderful memories. It's such a beautiful part of the country.

mykidsmum · 21/04/2006 09:21

We love this area and go back every year. We love Bigbury, often very windy though! Obviously Salcombe is lovely for a day out, you can wander round the shops then get a boat over to the gorgeous beaches of East Portlemouth (which you can also drive to, they are exceptionally beautiful). There is also Hope Cove which is near Salcombe, it has two beaches, Inner and outer Hope, it doesn't get too busy, has a pub, shop, toilets but not much else (set in a village) but it is very picturesque. Although as someone said on here Slapton is very beautiful, I would warn against the beach, it is very steep, and although it looks like sand froma distance its more like very shingle. Its nice to walk along the top of, but is not really a bathing beach. Blackpool sands is very pretty, lots of facilities, quite comercial. If you have a rainy day i would suggest going to dartmouth, getting the ferry over to Kingswear and then going on the stema railway to Paignton, it goes right along the sea in a couple of places and is a lovely journey.