Update: 27th July 2020
- Added images to Babbacombe Theatre end and added links to surrounding areas
Even as a local I enjoy a little stroll along the promenade, on a clear day you can spot the distant landmark of Portland Bill in Dorset. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite clear on the day I took this shot (will try again another day) It’s a great place to just chill and gaze out to sea. There are plenty of great pubs and cafes nearby if you get peckish, including the award winning Hanburys fish and chips. The Buccaneer is my favourite pub on the downs and Angels Cafe has to be one of the best cafes in the bay, as such you may need to book in advance.
If you’ve got time head down to the beaches, you can use the Babbacombe Cliff Railway (definitely on the way back up) it’s a great way to get down the cliff to Oddicombe Beach. If you walk a little further along using the boardwalk you’ll pass the Babbacombe waterfall on your way to Babbacombe Beach, where you can often spot dolphins and seals playing offshore.
Babbacombe Downs is the highest cliff top promenade in England 300 feet above sea level. The downs is a wide parterre laid out with lawns and flower beds with seats and shelters that look out over the blue reaches of Babbacombe Bay.
- Awarded the Green flag award which recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces
- Babbacombe Beach
- Babbacombe Theatre
- Bygones
- Cliff Railway
- Kents Cavern
- Pic-nic
- Tessier Gardens
- Model Village
- Oddicombe Beach
- Car, Plenty of free parking around the downs itself and surrounding streets, sat-nav, TQ1 3LP.
- Bus, No. 22 from the strand Torquay harbourside.
- There are toilet facilities available.
- Last bus back to the strand is usually around 23:30 in the main road just down from the Dog & Duck.
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Originally posted on 28 Oct 2017 at 16:41