Slapton Sands Beach

Three mile strip of shingle beach.

A long shingle beach with windsurfing, sailing and canoeing. Slapton Sands is also well known as the beach where many lives were lost during rehearsals for the D-Day landings in 1944. Freshwater Ley lies behind the beach where wildfowl and flora are in abundance.

Beach facilities include toilets and lifeguard cover in the summer months. There is also a tea shop and pub at the village of Torcross.