A quick guide to Paignton Paignton is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, southwest England. Paignton along with Torquay and Brixham forms the borough of Torbay, a tourist destination that has been dubbed ‘the English Riviera’. Paignton is around 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Plymouth and 20 miles (32…
A quick guide to Ilfracombe Ilfracombe is a town, seaport, seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast in southwest England. The town’s small harbour is dominated by the massive slate cliffs that surround it. The ancient dockland area is now noted for being the site of ‘Verity’, a 66 ft (20 m)…
Poole in Brief Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and connects with Bournemouth to the east. In 2011, the town’s population was recorded as 147,645, which made it the second-largest settlement in…
A quick guide to Saltash Saltash is a market town and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, southwest England. It lies opposite Plymouth on the west bank of the Tamar Estuary, close to its confluence with the Lynher River. Known as “the Gateway to Cornwall”, Saltash is perhaps best known for the 668 m long Royal…
Redruth is a town and civil parish in the west of Cornwall, southwest England. It’s located 12 miles (19 km) east of St Ives and 9 miles (14 km) west of Truro. Redruth is perhaps best known for once being at the centre of Cornwall’s thriving tin and copper industries of the 18th and 19th…
Camborne in Brief Camborne is a busy market town in the west of Cornwall, southwest England. It’s located just 3 miles southwest of Redruth and 12 miles west of Truro. Camborne is perhaps best known for once being a major centre of Cornwall’s thriving tin and copper industries of the late 18th and early 19th…
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