Heads up: the A379 coast road over Slapton Sands is closed after storm damage, so arrive via Kingsbridge. Sea defence works also run on the seafront until spring 2027, and the Tank car park is closed. What it means for your stay →

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Torcross & Start Bay in pictures

Torcross, Slapton Sands and Slapton Ley, the villages and headlands of Start Bay, and a few favourite places further afield. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Torcross between Slapton Ley and Start BayPhoto: Smalljim / CC BY-SA 4.0
Rooftops of TorcrossPhoto: Bill Boaden / CC BY-SA 2.0
Torcross seafrontPhoto: Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Start Bay Inn, TorcrossPhoto: Victoria Allum / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sherman tank memorialPhoto: Peter Tarleton / CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking up Slapton Ley from above TorcrossPhoto: Nigel Chadwick / CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton SandsPhoto: Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0
Slapton LeyPhoto: Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0
The path around Slapton LeyPhoto: Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0
North over Start Bay from BeesandsPhoto: Herbythyme / CC BY-SA 4.0
The beach at BeesandsPhoto: Bill Boaden / CC BY-SA 2.0
HallsandsPhoto: Markles55 Photos / CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruins of old HallsandsPhoto: Herbythyme / CC BY-SA 4.0
Start Point LighthousePhoto: Nilfanion / CC BY-SA 3.0
Start Bay from Little DartmouthPhoto: Nilfanion / CC BY-SA 3.0
Blackpool SandsPhoto: Partonez / CC BY-SA 4.0
Dartmouth CastlePhoto: Tom Jolliffe / CC BY-SA 2.0
Coleton FishacrePhoto: Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0
Boats at SalcombePhoto: Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0
Kingsbridge EstuaryPhoto: Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Torcross Hotel, September 1944Photo: Ministry of Information / IWM / Public domain
Landing exercise on Slapton Sands, April 1944Photo: US Army / Public domain
Slapton Sands in 1995Photo: Ben Brooksbank / CC BY-SA 2.0

Photos are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under the licence shown with each one. Owners and guests: if you have photos of Torcross or At The Beach you're happy for us to use, please send them to the At The Beach management company.