Useful information for holiday cottages at East Prawle
Beaches near the cottages
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
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
is manned from morning to night keeping watch on the sea from Start Point to Salcombe.
Unmanned but open to the public from time to time. The coastal path walk passes nearby and Mattiscombe sands are accessible from carpark
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.
01548 511 382
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