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South Hams

This page is the City map of South Hams, a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England, showing roads, paths and places. The district covers about 886.5 square kilometres and had a population of approximately 86,221 in 2018. Population figures increased from 83,600 in 2012 to 89,812 in 2022. South Hams was established in 1972 and is divided into 61 subregions, including settlements beside the River Dart, the River Avon, the River Erme and the English Channel.

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Holne

Holne is a village in Devon within the South Hams district. It lies on the eastern side of Dartmoor, close to the River Dart and the village of Ashburton. The subregion has a recorded population of 303.

West Buckfastleigh

West Buckfastleigh is a civil parish in Devon with 293 residents. The parish lies near Buckfastleigh and the southern edge of Dartmoor. West Buckfastleigh was established as a civil parish in 1894.

Dean Prior

Dean Prior is a village in Devon with a recorded population of 221. It is located near Buckfastleigh and the River Dart valley, south of Dartmoor. The settlement lies within the South Hams district.

Rattery

Rattery is a village and parish in Devon with 579 residents. It lies between South Brent and Totnes, close to the River Dart corridor. The parish is part of South Hams in south Devon.

Staverton

Staverton is a village and civil parish in Devon with a population of 805. It stands near the River Dart between Totnes and Buckfastleigh. The South Devon Railway runs through the nearby Dart valley.

Dartington

Dartington is a village in Devon with 876 residents. It lies north of Totnes beside the River Dart. The settlement is associated with the Dartington Hall estate and the historic Dartington Hall complex.

Marldon

Marldon is a village and civil parish in Devon with a population of 2,302. It lies west of Torquay and north of Paignton, close to the boundary between South Hams and Torbay. The settlement is connected by local roads with Totnes and the English Riviera towns.

Littlehempston

Littlehempston is a village in Devon with 247 residents. It lies near the River Dart and the South Devon Railway, south of Staverton. Totnes is located a short distance to the south.

Berry Pomeroy

Berry Pomeroy is a village in Devon with a recorded population of 1,214. It lies in the wooded valley of the River Harbourne, east of Totnes. Berry Pomeroy Castle, a substantial Tudor ruin maintained by English Heritage, stands near the village.

Stoke Gabriel

Stoke Gabriel is a village and civil parish in Devon with 1,502 residents. It stands beside the River Dart on a tidal creek south of Totnes. The village is known for its historic church of St Gabriel and its riverside mill.

Kingswear

Kingswear is a village on the eastern bank of the River Dart with 1,090 residents. It faces Dartmouth across the estuary and is connected to the town by a passenger ferry. The Dartmouth Steam Railway terminates at Kingswear station.

Totnes

Totnes is a Devon town with a recorded population of 8,241. It stands at the head of the tidal River Dart and has a Norman motte-and-bailey castle above the historic centre. Totnes is also associated with the medieval East Gate and the listed Guildhall.

Ashprington

Ashprington is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 446 residents. It lies west of the River Dart and south of Totnes. The parish includes countryside connected with the Dart valley and the historic Sharpham estate.

Cornworthy

Cornworthy is a village in Devon with a recorded population of 372. It lies west of the River Dart, opposite the Dittisham area. The parish contains rural land between Totnes and Dartmouth.

Dittisham

Dittisham is a village in Devon with 389 residents. It stands beside a creek of the River Dart between Totnes and Dartmouth. The settlement has a landing stage on the estuary and a historic parish church dedicated to St George.

Dartmouth

Dartmouth is a town on the River Dart with a population of 5,064. Dartmouth Castle guards the estuary entrance, while the town centre contains the historic Butterwalk. The Royal Naval College Dartmouth occupies the hillside at the mouth of the river.

Stoke Fleming

Stoke Fleming is a village and civil parish on the south Devon coast with 1,095 residents. It lies south of Dartmouth near Blackpool Sands and Start Bay. The parish extends from inland farmland to the English Channel.

Strete

Strete is a village and civil parish on the Devon coast with 489 residents. It lies along Start Bay between Dartmouth and Slapton. The parish is close to Slapton Ley, the largest natural freshwater lake in south west England.

Slapton

Slapton is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 506 residents. It lies behind the shingle beach and freshwater lagoon of Slapton Ley on Start Bay. The area was used for Exercise Tiger in 1944, a rehearsal for the Allied landings in Normandy.

East Portlemouth

East Portlemouth is a village on the eastern side of the Kingsbridge Estuary with 157 residents. It faces Salcombe across the water and includes the coast around Gara Rock. The parish lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

South Pool

South Pool is a village and civil parish in Devon with 137 residents. It lies inland from the Kingsbridge Estuary and south of the village of East Allington. The parish is part of the coastal landscape of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Chivelstone

Chivelstone is a village in Devon with a population of 268. It lies on the southern side of the Kingsbridge Estuary near East Portlemouth and South Pool. The civil parish reaches toward the coast of Start Bay.

Stokenham

Stokenham is a village in Devon with 2,082 residents. It lies near the eastern end of Start Bay, close to Slapton Ley and the villages of Chillington and Torcross. The area is linked to the coast by the A379 and local roads.

Charleton

Charleton is a civil parish in South Hams with 532 residents. It lies north of Kingsbridge and west of the Kingsbridge Estuary. The parish includes farmland and wooded valleys around the lower River Avon.

Frogmore and Sherford

Frogmore and Sherford is a civil parish in Devon with 495 residents. It lies around Frogmore Creek, an inlet of the Kingsbridge Estuary, south of Kingsbridge. The parish includes the villages of Frogmore and Sherford.

Salcombe

Salcombe is a town and civil parish in Devon with 1,583 residents. It stands on the western shore of the Kingsbridge Estuary, close to Bolt Head and the English Channel. Salcombe is associated with the National Trust coast and the historic ruins of Salcombe Castle at the estuary mouth.

Malborough

Malborough is a village and civil parish in Devon with 1,145 residents. It lies inland from Salcombe and north of Bolt Head. The parish includes farmland between the Kingsbridge Estuary and the coast.

South Huish

South Huish is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 459 residents. It lies west of Salcombe near the coast and the hamlet of Galmpton. The parish occupies part of the rolling farmland between the A381 and the English Channel.

South Milton

South Milton is a village and civil parish in Devon with 371 residents. It lies close to South Milton Sands and the rocky headland of Thurlestone. The parish is crossed by the River Avon near its route to Bigbury Bay.

Thurlestone

Thurlestone is a village and civil parish in Devon with 806 residents. It lies on the coast beside Thurlestone Sands and the distinctive Thurlestone Rock arch. The parish is west of the Kingsbridge Estuary and within the South Devon coastal landscape.

West Alvington

West Alvington is a village in Devon with 604 residents. It lies north of Kingsbridge and west of the Kingsbridge Estuary. The surrounding parish landscape contains agricultural valleys linked to the River Avon.

Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a market town in South Hams with 5,681 residents. It stands at the head of the Kingsbridge Estuary, where the Kingsbridge and Bowcombe waterways meet. The town is connected by the A379 with Dartmouth, Salcombe and the South Devon coast.

Churchstow

Churchstow is a village and civil parish in Devon with 571 residents. Its recorded area is about 10,500,000 square metres, equivalent to approximately 10.5 square kilometres. The parish lies north of Kingsbridge near the River Avon and the A38 approach to Plymouth.

Buckland-Tout-Saints

Buckland-Tout-Saints is a village in South Hams with 186 residents. It lies north of Kingsbridge in a rural area between the River Avon and the Kingsbridge Estuary. The settlement is connected with the surrounding parishes by narrow Devon lanes.

East Allington

East Allington is a village in Devon with 840 residents. It lies north-east of Kingsbridge and west of the River Dart valley. The parish contains farmland between Totnes, Kingsbridge and the South Devon coast.

Blackawton

Blackawton is a village in Devon with 929 residents. It lies north of Dartmouth and west of the River Dart. The parish forms part of the inland South Hams landscape between Totnes and the coast.

Halwell and Moreleigh

Halwell and Moreleigh is a civil parish in South Hams with 537 residents. It lies inland between Totnes and Kingsbridge, close to the A381. The parish includes the villages of Halwell and Moreleigh in the upper valleys of south Devon.

Harberton

Harberton is a village in South Hams with 1,355 residents. It lies south-west of Totnes near the River Harbourne and the road toward Kingsbridge. The parish contains the historic Church of St Andrew at Harberton.

Woodleigh

Woodleigh is a village and civil parish in Devon with 196 residents. It lies west of Kingsbridge and north of Loddiswell. The parish occupies a rural area between the River Avon and the South Devon coast.

Loddiswell

Loddiswell is a village in Devon with 1,195 residents. It lies in the valley of the River Avon between South Brent and Kingsbridge. The village is connected with the former railway route through the Avon valley.

Diptford

Diptford is a village in Devon with a population of 612. It lies north-west of Kingsbridge and south of the River Avon source area. The parish is surrounded by the wooded and agricultural hills of inland South Hams.

North Huish

North Huish is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 499 residents. It lies north of South Brent and west of the River Avon. The parish extends across rural land approaching Dartmoor and the South Devon valleys.

Aveton Gifford

Aveton Gifford is a village in Devon with 931 residents. It lies where the River Avon approaches the tidal estuary near Bigbury Bay. The village is connected by the A379 with Kingsbridge and Plymouth.

Bigbury

Bigbury is a village and civil parish in Devon with 564 residents. It lies on the coast beside Bigbury Bay and the River Avon estuary. Burgh Island, with its art deco hotel, is reached from the mainland at low tide by a tidal sandbar.

Ringmore

Ringmore is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 205 residents. It lies between Bigbury and Kingston on the coast west of the River Erme. The parish includes access to the South West Coast Path and the shoreline of Bigbury Bay.

Kingston

Kingston is a village and civil parish in Devon with 381 residents. It lies on the coast west of Bigbury and south of Modbury. The parish is near the cliffs and coves of the South Devon coastline.

Modbury

Modbury is a town and civil parish in Devon with 2,008 residents. It lies inland between Ivybridge and Kingsbridge, near the River Erme. Modbury was associated with the English Civil War and contains the historic Church of St George.

Holbeton

Holbeton is a village and civil parish in Devon with 612 residents. It lies beside the River Erme estuary, west of Modbury and north of the coast. The parish includes the Erme-Plym National Nature Reserve area.

Newton and Noss

Newton and Noss is a civil parish in South Hams with 1,774 residents. It lies on both sides of the River Yealm estuary, south-east of Plymouth. The parish includes Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, which face each other across the tidal waterway.

Wembury

Wembury is a village in Devon with 2,862 residents. It lies on the coast south-east of Plymouth beside Wembury Bay and the River Yealm. Wembury Point is known for its marine conservation area and views toward the Great Mewstone.

South Brent

South Brent is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 2,929 residents. It lies at the southern foot of Dartmoor near the River Avon and the A38. The village is close to Brent Hill and the route toward Ivybridge and Buckfastleigh.

Brixton

Brixton is a village and civil parish in Devon with 2,591 residents. It lies south-east of Plymouth between the River Plym and the River Yealm. The parish includes farmland and settlements along roads linking Plymouth with Wembury and Yealmpton.

Yealmpton

Yealmpton is a village in Devon with 2,420 residents. It lies north of the River Yealm and east of Plymouth. The parish includes the historic Yealmpton House and provides a road connection between Brixton, Modbury and the coast.

Ermington

Ermington is a village and civil parish in Devon with 987 residents. It lies near the River Erme, north of Modbury and south of Ivybridge. The parish church of St Peter contains notable medieval and later architectural features.

Ivybridge

Ivybridge is a town in south-west Devon with 11,904 residents. It stands on the River Erme at the southern edge of Dartmoor and beside the A38. The town developed around the former South Devon Railway and the historic Ivy Bridge over the river.

Ugborough

Ugborough is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 2,452 residents. It lies south-west of Dartmoor between Ivybridge and Kingsbridge. The parish extends toward Ugborough Beacon and includes part of the River Erme catchment.

Harford

Harford is a hamlet and civil parish in South Hams with 78 residents. It lies on the eastern side of the River Erme near the southern boundary of Dartmoor. The parish includes open moorland and the route toward Ivybridge.

Bickleigh

Bickleigh is a village on the southern edge of Dartmoor with 3,874 residents. It lies beside the River Plym north-east of Plymouth and near the A38. Bickleigh is associated with Bickleigh Castle and the military training area around Dartmoor.

Sparkwell

Sparkwell is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 1,425 residents. It lies south of Dartmoor near Bickleigh and the River Plym. The parish is close to the National Trust estate at Saltram, on the outskirts of Plymouth.

Cornwood

Cornwood is a village and civil parish in South Hams with 1,044 residents. It lies west of Ivybridge and south of Dartmoor, near the River Plym. The parish extends across wooded valleys and farmland toward the A38 corridor.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0) · Image: Wikimedia Commons

South Hams – Facts

Inhabitants 86221
Area 886.5 km²
Subregions 61
Inception 1972
Located in Devon
Country United Kingdom
Website https://www.southhams.gov.uk/

Data source: Wikidata (CC0)