Start Bay is a sub-bay of the nautical definition of
Lyme Bay in the
English Channel in south-east
Devon, England. The southernmost of three substantial Devon bays facing east it is between the Mew Stone which sits east of the
River Dart's estuary and
Start Point near the southernmost point of the county,
Prawle Point
Prawle Point ( oe, Prǣwhyll, "lookout hill") is a coastal headland in south Devon, England. It is the southernmost point of Devon. Just to the west is Elender Cove, and further west are Gammons Head Beach, also known as Maceley Cove, and Gammo ...
. Along it, from south to north, are
Hallsands,
Beesands,
Torcross,
Slapton Sands,
Strete
Strete is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England, on the coast of Start Bay, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The village is about 5 miles south-west of the town of Dartmouth on the ...
,
Blackpool Sands and
Stoke Fleming
Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north end of Start Bay and within the South Devon Area of Outst ...
. The
South West Coast Path
The South West Coast Path is England's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for , running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset. Because it rises a ...
is above much of the bay. Its north end is south of
Dartmouth Dartmouth may refer to:
Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
; its middle is east of
Kingsbridge.
The 4-gun
Royal Navy cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter, aka Stanley knife, a form of utility knife
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Side cutter
* Cutter, a type of hydraulic rescue to ...
was stationed here as a patrol vessel from 1763 to 1771.
A division of the
US Army used Slapton Sands to rehearse the Normandy landings in 1944, but was attacked by German vessels.
See also
*
Lyme Bay, the parent bay
**
Tor Bay
**
Babbacombe Bay
References
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English Channel
Bays of Devon
Operation Overlord