Teignmouth Beach on the river Teign estuary in South of Devon. XPL 4733-444
Teignmouth is a town on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign in south Devon, England. The town grew from a fishing port to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian times with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway on 30 May 1846. In the 2001 census the population of Teignmouth was 15,116. Situated on the mouth of the river Teign, Shaldon is an unspoilt village, with a thriving livelihood based on the estuary. The original settlement on the river was upstream in Ringmore, where the beautiful and fertile valley was farmed, and the inhabitants were well hidden from the sea. Shaldon itself was formed as silt was washed down by the river Teign, and gradually, aided by sand washed in by ferocious winds and seas, land was reclaimed. Many parts of Shaldon are built on this land, and crossing the estuary one can see the retaining wall of Riverside, constructed about 1800, which prevented the river returning to its beaches. Many sea faring families were and still are based in the estuary, early seamen would have relied on seeing the Ness headland jutting out to find their way home, today local sailors keeping their yachts and boats on the estuary moorings, and look for the same familiar sight on their way home. Later inhabitants made their living around the estuary, and still do, in fact the livelihood of Shaldon is based on the River to a certain extent. Boat trips, fishing trips, and water-sports abound, and the beaches both along the river ad further around below the Ness
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Location: Shaldon and Teignmouth, Devon. England. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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