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Beach and coastline within walking distance of our holiday cottages in East Prawle. Alternatively there are beaches that you can drive to with small children or people who dont enjoy walking. One of the loveliest beaches, Gara is west of the cottage. You can easily walk there, or take a car and park in field and walk down

local sand and rockpools beach


The nearest beach, Horseley, has wonderful rock pools with crabs, shrimps and anenomes. Good for bathing or on colder days for rock-pooling, collecting shells, paddling and climbing. A short walk down with steep adventure for children, or easier alternative for some, the beach has endless opportunities and changes of mood and tide

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Gara rock at low tide

Local Services
Doctors: 01548 580214 Health Centre is at Orchard Way, Chillington, opposite the post office. Note: Ring this number also for out-of-hours attention. There is a clinic in Totnes which is open 8am to 6pm Sundays and Bank holidays.

Butcher: Hannafords 01548 580209: delivers Wednesday and Saturdays. Their meat is delicious. Order the day before and mention Foss Cottage or Sea Rocket Barn Annexe and they will know where to deliver. Otherwise look out for Mr Hannaford in the village during the afternoon.

Beds
Linen is not provided
but the cleaners have a system whereby they provide and wash linen and even make the beds if you contact and arrange what you want, including payment, directly with them. In winter they will even buy in logs and coal for you.
Their email is: gfwatson@candg-cleaning.com, telephone: 01548 559 359, mobile: 07834 872641. Otherwise you need to bring your own.

Tesco's
Tesco's now offer a delivery to East Prawle - make your orders in the normal way. The postcode for Foss Cottage is TQ7 2DA and for Sea Rocket Cottage it is TQ7 2BY.

Local information
As well as the Pig's Nose Inn, East Prawle has the Piglet Stores run by Viv and Chris Lally, for most of what you'll need, with Piglet's Cafe for delicious homemade cakes and snacks in the summer, as well as early evening meals. This saves a lot of shopping time in Kingsbridge as they have plenty of fresh food including bread.

The beaches are very special and varied. Macely has wonderful sand, Moorsands is the most private, Horseley has the best flora and fauna, Mattiscombe the best rocks, Lannacombe the best surfing and rocks, Mill Bay is perfect for toddlers and small children while Gara makes an ideal beach to walk to and have a drink or a cream tea at the hotel (currently pulled down and in the process of being rebuilt).

There is a good local riding school, Dittiscombe Equestrian Centre 01548 581 049 / 07813325915
Gara Rock beach below Gara Rock Hotel (which has been pulled down), where there is a car park and field to park in Mill Bay beach where you can use the National Trust car park
prawle point with signal station
start point with lighthouse
Prawle Point
is manned from morning to night keeping watch on the sea from Start Point to Salcombe
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Start Point Lighthouse
Unmanned but open to the public from time to time. The coastal path walk passes nearby and Mattiscombe sands are accessible from carpark
There is sailing at Salcombe. Dartmoor is three quarters of an hour's drive and there are castles and country houses also within reach in wet weather, as is the Dart Valley Railway.
South Devon is a gourmet area with wonderful fish in Kingsbridge and from the village; delicacies of every kind can be bought on the way to the cottages, from the Riverford Farm shop at Staverton (near Totnes) and exquisite fresh vegetables from gardeners in the village. The New Angel at Dartmouth is rated one of the best restaurants in England.
Kate Jennings, Sea Rocket Barn, East Prawle, Kingsbridge, Devon TQ7 2BY
01548 511 382

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