The beach - Safe sheltered bathing and ideal for water sports

South Sands beach, nestling just inside the mouth of the Estuary offers very safe bathing and an ideal launching site for all manner of water-based pursuits. Our own boathouse (an old life boat station), right on the beach, provides facilities for Wind-surfing, Sailing, Scuba-diving and Canoeing.

For boat owners we have a dinghy park and our own moorings just off the beach; for those without, who want to go afloat, all manner and size of boats can be hired from the South Sands Sailing staff on the beach, based in the old life boat station.

In the Summer you can forget your car and take the Ferry from the beach into Salcombe (10 minutes) and from there, further up the Estuary to Kingsbridge or across the water to the beautiful beaches and walks on the other side.

Of course, should the weather be un-cooperative, you always have the relaxing amenities of the Hotel Leisure Complex to fall back on.

There are many other attractions in the area such as the Dart Valley Steam Railway, Dartington, Buckfast Abbey and several National Trust Properties and Castles.

The National Trust also owns most of the coastline and the South Devon Coastal Footpath which passes the front of the Hotel and has many spectacular stretches. Dartmoor, with its rugged and remote beauty, forms the northern boundary of the South Hams and is easily reached, as are Torquay and the cities of Plymouth and Exeter.