South Efford Marsh, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Name: South Efford Marsh
Address: South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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South Efford Marsh is a nature reserve of the Devon Wildlife Trust. It is situated by the River Avon, about 0.5 miles south-west of the village of Aveton Gifford, in Devon, England. ()

Coordinates: 50°18'25"N, 3°50'41"W

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South Efford Marsh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Salcombe Castle, Flete House, Blackdown Rings, Paper Bird Island.

6.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Salcombe Castle, Salcombe
158 min walk • Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located on a rocky outcrop which is easily reached on foot at low tide. It is a Grade II listed building and ancient monument.
4.7 miNW
Park
Flete House, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
120 min walk • Flete House is a Grade I listed country house at Holbeton, in the South Hams region of Devon, England.
3.8 miNE
Forts and castles, View point
Blackdown Rings
97 min walk • The Blackdown Rings are the earthworks of an Iron Age hill fort near the hamlet of Hazelwood in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a hilltop approximately 185 metres above sea level, in a commanding position above the River Avon.
5.7 miSE
50°14'25"N • 3°46'3"W
Paper Bird Island, Salcombe
146 min walk • Museum, Paint and pottery studios, Classes and workshops
3.2 miSE
50°17'14"N • 3°46'41"W
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum, Kingsbridge
83 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
2.1 miE
Forest
Fosse Copse, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
55 min walk • Fosse Copse is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Loddiswell. It covers a total area of 1.88 hectares on the west facing slope of the Avon Valley. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. There is no public access.
2.6 miS
Hotel, Beach
Thurlestone
67 min walk • Thurlestone is a village 5 miles west of Kingsbridge in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 census was 1,886.
3.4 miS
Village
Frogmore
86 min walk • Frogmore is a village in the civil parish of Frogmore and Sherford in the South Hams district of the county of Devon, England. The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words frogga and mere meaning pool frequented by frogs.
2.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Whympston, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
66 min walk • Whympston, in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, is a historic manor. In the 12th century it became the earliest English seat of the prominent Norman family of Fortescue, influential in British and West Country history, which survives today as Earl Fortescue, seated at...
5.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Bolberry Down, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
130 min walk • Bolberry Down is a clifftop area on the coast of Devon, England. The headland of Bolt Tail lies to the west and Bolt Head and the town of Salcombe to the east.
3.1 miSW
Island
Burgh Island
79 min walk • Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel.