Broadsands

Broadsands

Broadsands

Beach in Devon, England

This article is about the beach in South Devon. For the cove in North Devon, see Broadsands Beach.

Broadsands is a beach on the coast of Torbay in South Devon, England. It is also the name of an area of housing inland from the beach,[1] in the Churston Ferrers part of Torbay between Paignton and Brixham.

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It is a tourist attraction, with a range of facilities[2] and a large pitch and putt course on the adjacent headland. The beach is popular for fishing and watersports.

There are good views of the Dartmouth Steam Railway, which crosses two Brunel viaducts near the beach on the section between Goodrington Sands and Churston.

  • Broadsands beach
  • Brunel's viaduct
  • No. 60163 Tornado steam locomotive crosses Broadsands Viaduct
  • Beach hut, Broadsands beach

References

  1. [1]
    "Map of Broadsands". streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Broadsands Beach". Torbay Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2020.


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