Salcombe Lifeboat Memorial – Kingsbridge Harbour loop from Churchstow
Salcombe Lifeboat Memorial – Kingsbridge Harbour loop from Churchstow
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Salcombe Lifeboat Memorial – Kingsbridge Harbour loop from Churchstow
01:48
26.8km
400m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 17, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 3.69 km for 212 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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3.51 km
Kingsbridge Information Centre
Highlight • Rest Area
3.73 km
Creeksend Inn
Highlight • Pub
3.81 km
Salcombe Lifeboat Memorial
Highlight • Monument
Tip by
3.88 km
Kingsbridge Market Square
Highlight • Settlement
A small chapel existed on the site of St. Edmund's Church in the 13th century but the burial ground was at Churchstow, a village two miles to the west. In 1309 the parishioners petitioned the Bishop and complained of the difficulty of carrying their dead "up the mountain" to Churchstow for burial. However it was more than 100 years before permission was granted "to the Abbot and monks of Buckfast to
build a church in honour of the blessed Edmund, King and Martyr in their demesne and the vill which is called Kingsbrigg".
In 1798 the town mills were converted into a woollen manufactory, which produced large quantities of cloth. During the 19th century the town had an active coastal shipping trade, shipbuilding, a tannery and a large monthly cattle market. The chief exports were cider, corn, malt and slate.
Tip by
4.07 km
Kingsbridge Harbour
Highlight • Rest Area
Despite appearances, this isn't a river at all, its is a ria, and inlet from the sea created by a drowned valley.
Tip by
26.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
17.0 km
9.23 km
370 m
174 m
Surfaces
17.3 km
9.30 km
139 m
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Elevation
Highest point (150 m)
Lowest point (0 m)
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Weather
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Sunday 30 August
21°C
13°C
33 %
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Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h
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