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Photo of Hollicombe, a swimming spot near Cockington, Devon, south west England.

© David Smith / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hollicombe

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Hollicombe is a designated bathing water in Devon. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is one of 67 designated bathing waters in the county.

Paignton Preston Sands and Paignton Paignton Sands are among the bathing waters within 1.6 km. The nearest railway station is Torquay, 1.6 km to the north-east.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Hollicombe

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km N · spans 24 counties

Photo of Cockington, a village in Devon, south west England.Highlight

Cockington

Village

Chocolate-box hamlet on the edge of Torquay with thatched cottages, a watermill, a forge and a Lutyens-designed inn.

1.7 km N · Devon

Photo of Kirkham House, Paignton, a house in Devon, south west England.

Kirkham House, Paignton

House near Paignton

Stone-built late medieval house in the old heart of Paignton, later divided into three cottages and made whole again in the 1960s.

1.7 km SW

Photo of South Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

South Devon

National Landscape near Kingsbridge

Red cliffs, tucked-away coves and drowned river valleys, with the coast path linking one beach to the next

4.8 km S

Photo of Shoalstone Pool, a sea pool near Dartmouth, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Shoalstone Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Dartmouth

A 53 m seawater pool on the rocky shore at Brixham, kept going by volunteers and free to swim through the summer.

6.6 km SE