
Two glorious beaches await you at Babbacombe, award winning Babbacombe Beach and adjacent Oddicombe Beach - lots of space and popular English Riviera beaches with families as there are sheltered conditions down here. Lots of sailing and watersports too, and diving is particularly popular off this fab sand and shingle beach. Babbacombe beach has lots of good family facilities as well including toilets, a cafe and shop, a sailing club, windsurfing outlets, and dogs are allowed too. Babbacombe beach is easily reached from Babbacombe Downs via quite a steep coastal path, so take care. The cliff railway down to sister Oddicombe beach is always a great alternative way down for families with very young children and Torquay holidaymakers with mobility issues. Oddicombe Beach next door can be reached via the pleasant path which winds down from Walls Hill past the cricket club to this glorious beach. Well worth taking this scenic wooded walk down to Oddicombe, or alternatively choose the historic Cliff Railway. Oddicombe is particularly popular for fishing and diving off the quay, and you can hop between Babbacombe Beach and Oddicombe beach once you're down there! Babbacombe is tops for Torbay beaches, a key part of it's appeal as a Devon family holiday favourite! Within easy access of Torquay is fantastic Meadfoot Beach, just a 10 minute walk from the centre of Torquay. Meadfoot Beach was a popular haunt for young Agatha Christie who was a rather good swimmer - she swam nearly every day during the summer and often at Meadfoot Beach. Quieter than central Torquay beach Abbey Sands, all of the Miller family (Agatha Christie's family) preferred Meadfoot beach. None of this segregated beaches lark in place during Christie's childhood. Torquay actually maintained it's segregated beaches policy longer than most, only coming up-to-date after the First World War and withdrawing the policy! Meadfoot beach has glorious views across to captivating Thatcher Rock. The beach splits into two by a natural break, and dogs are allowed on the northern end. Meadfoot Beach is a charming, and friendly cove beach with a mix of sand and rock coastline and an excellent beach cafe again with superb views from the terrace of the cafe. Carry on from Meadfoot Beach further up the South West Coast path to Babbacombe - a great family walk taking you past Kents Cavern as well! Looking for a picturesque cove beach near Torquay and Babbacombe. Look no further than Anstey's Cove, delightfully set just off the coastal walk from Torquay to Babbacombe. Recent rockfalls have unfortunately meant that Ansteys Cove's sister beach, Redgate beach is temporarily closed, but Ansteys Cove is open to the public in all it's glory, and locals have been known to hop over to Redgate beach anyway! Ansteys cove is a rocky beach, and hence is more suited to fishing/anglers. But many swimmers enjoy it, particularly for it's peace and quiet. It's easily reached down from the South West Coast Path and is clearly marked on a walk from Torquay to Babbacombe. Superb views of Lyme Bay await you when you reach the cove! Text courtesy of iknow-devon.co.uk

Two glorious beaches await you at Babbacombe, award winning Babbacombe Beach and adjacent Oddicombe Beach - lots of space and popular English Riviera beaches with families as there are sheltered conditions down here. Lots of sailing and watersports too, and diving is particularly popular off this fab sand and shingle beach. Babbacombe beach has lots of good family facilities as well including toilets, a cafe and shop, a sailing club, windsurfing outlets, and dogs are allowed too. Babbacombe beach is easily reached from Babbacombe Downs via quite a steep coastal path, so take care.

The cliff railway down to sister Oddicombe beach is always a great alternative way down for families with very young children and Torquay holidaymakers with mobility issues. Oddicombe Beach next door can be reached via the pleasant path which winds down from Walls Hill past the cricket club to this glorious beach. Well worth taking this scenic wooded walk down to Oddicombe, or alternatively choose the historic Cliff Railway. Oddicombe is particularly popular for fishing and diving off the quay, and you can hop between Babbacombe Beach and Oddicombe beach once you're down there! Babbacombe is tops for Torbay beaches, a key part of it's appeal as a Devon family holiday favourite!

Within easy access of Torquay is fantastic Meadfoot Beach, just a 10 minute walk from the centre of Torquay. Meadfoot Beach was a popular haunt for young Agatha Christie who was a rather good swimmer - she swam nearly every day during the summer and often at Meadfoot Beach. Quieter than central Torquay beach Abbey Sands, all of the Miller family (Agatha Christie's family) preferred Meadfoot beach. None of this segregated beaches lark in place during Christie's childhood. Torquay actually maintained it's segregated beaches policy longer than most, only coming up-to-date after the First World War and withdrawing the policy! Meadfoot beach has glorious views across to captivating Thatcher Rock. The beach splits into two by a natural break, and dogs are allowed on the northern end. Meadfoot Beach is a charming, and friendly cove beach with a mix of sand and rock coastline and an excellent beach cafe again with superb views from the terrace of the cafe. Carry on from Meadfoot Beach further up the South West Coast path to Babbacombe - a great family walk taking you past Kents Cavern as well!

Looking for a picturesque cove beach near Torquay and Babbacombe. Look no further than Anstey's Cove, delightfully set just off the coastal walk from Torquay to Babbacombe. Recent rockfalls have unfortunately meant that Ansteys Cove's sister beach, Redgate beach is temporarily closed, but Ansteys Cove is open to the public in all it's glory, and locals have been known to hop over to Redgate beach anyway! Ansteys cove is a rocky beach, and hence is more suited to fishing/anglers. But many swimmers enjoy it, particularly for it's peace and quiet. It's easily reached down from the South West Coast Path and is clearly marked on a walk from Torquay to Babbacombe. Superb views of Lyme Bay await you when you reach the cove!

Text courtesy of iknow-devon.co.uk