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Here we explain how the village came to be destroyed… In 1917 the fishing village disappeared for good

Pebble beach with wonderful views

Lovely quiet beach with an interesting history of a lost village. Until 1917, this was quite a bustling little fishing village. During an easterly storm in the winter of 1917 and a particularly high tide, the sea wall and most of the village was damaged.

This lighthouse was built in 1836 to help protect ships from this rocky headland. It was automated in 1993. Start Point is a headland on the south-west coast path. The running in both directions is excellent.

This American Sherman Tank was recovered from the sea in 1984. It is a memorial to those who lost their lives during exercise Tiger. Exercise Tiger was ill-fated with instances of friendly fire, miss managed communications and amidst the confusion German fast attack boats slipped in amongst the landing craft and sunk a couple. About 700 allies lost their lives here practising for the D-Day landings.

Slapton Ley is a freshwater lake separated from the sea by a sandbar which now carries the road and a brilliant running trail. The Ley is an important nature reserve with an unusual habitat hosting a range of rare species. The trail is flat, sandy and almost 4km long, perfect for run training and also beautiful for a gentle jog.

Hallsands was once a thriving coastal village with a church built in the early 1500s. In 1890 the Plymouth navel dockyard expansion began, which included dredging sand off the coast at Hallsands to build the breakwater. The beach at Hallsands started to drop and when the winter storms hit most of the houses were destroyed. A legal battle for compensation began, which took several years before fault was found. Today what remains of the village is inaccessible and dangerous, but you can see it from the coast path and viewpoint.

A friendly little Devon coastal village with good running access to the coast path. The Devon coast to coast would start or finish here. The Pig's Nose pub and Piglet coffee shop are both good refuel stops.