Broadsands is a beach on the coast of

Torbay Torbay is a borough and unitary authority in Devon, south west England. It is governed by Torbay Council and consists of of land, including the resort towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, located on east-facing Tor Bay, part of Lyme ...

South Devon South Devon is the southern part of Devon, England. Because Devon has its major population centres on its two coasts, the county is divided informally into North Devon and South Devon.For exampleNorth DevonanSouth Devonnews sites. In a narrower se ...

, England. It is also the name of an area of housing inland from the beach, in the

Churston Ferrers Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Today it is administered by local government as the Churston-with-Galmpton ward of th ...

part of Torbay between

Paignton Paignton ( ) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay which was created in 1998. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known as the English Riviera. Paignt ...

and

Brixham Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fish ...

. It is a tourist attraction, with a range of facilities and a large

pitch and putt Pitch and putt is an amateur sport very similar to, and derived from, golf, where the hole length is typically up to and just 2–3 clubs are typically used. The game was organised and developed in Ireland during the early 20th century, befo ...

course on the adjacent headland. The beach is popular for fishing and watersports. There are good views of the

Dartmouth Steam Railway The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between and in Devon, England. Much of the railway's business is from summer tou ...

, which crosses two

Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "one ...

viaducts near the beach on the section between

Goodrington Sands Goodrington Sands is a sandy beach on the English Riviera, located at Goodrington, a coastal village on the outskirts of Paignton. The beaches are gently shelving with a promenade at one end and rocks leading around to Oyster Cove at the other ...

and Churston. File:Broadsands beach - geograph.org.uk - 1071879.jpg, Broadsands beach File:Brunel's Viaduct, Broadsands - geograph.org.uk - 1012883.jpg, Brunel's viaduct File:60163 Tornado steam locomotive Torbay Express Broadsands Viaduct 9 August 2009.jpg, No. 60163 ''Tornado'' steam locomotive crosses Broadsands Viaduct File:Beach Hut, Broadsands beach - geograph.org.uk - 1012633.jpg, Beach hut, Broadsands beach

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Torbay Beaches of Devon {{Devon-geo-stub