Beesands

Beesands

Beesands

Village in Devon, England

Beesands is a small settlement located midway between Hallsands and Torcross on the coast of Start Bay in South Devon, England. It is best known as a tourist destination, but is still a fishing village that concentrates mainly on crab and lobster fishing through Britannia Fisheries.[1] There is an Anglican chapel dedicated to St Andrew in the village. Behind the beach, north of the settlement is a freshwater lake known as Beesands Ley, smaller but similar in ecology to Slapton Ley about a kilometre to the north.

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Keith Richards' family regularly spent holidays at Beesands during the 1950s. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger's first public performance was at The Cricket Inn in the village.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Welcome". Britannia of Beesands. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Life", Keith Richards' autobiography, ISBN 0297854399
  3. [3]
    "Keith Richards: The Biography", Victor Bockris, ISBN 0306812789


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