Beesands | |
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![]() Looking North along the beach at Beesands | |
Location within Devon | |
Civil parish | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | TQ7 |
Dialling code | 01548 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
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 destination. However, it is still a fishing village that concentrates mainly on crab and lobster fishing through Britannia Fisheries. [1] There is an Anglican chapel dedicated to St Andrew in the village. Behind the beach, north of the settlement, is a freshwater lake known as Widdecombe Ley, smaller but similar in ecology to Slapton Ley about a 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) to the north. [2]
Keith Richards' family regularly spent holidays at Beesands during the 1950s. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger's first public performance was at The Cricket Inn in the village. [3] [4]