IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Babbacombe Downs Road, TORQUAY, TQ1 3LU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Babbacombe Downs Road, TQ1 3LU by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (443 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Gates, Babbacombe
These gates to the Babbacombe Cliff Hotel (not its main entrance) are on Babbacombe Downs Road. The building is famous for its association with Oscar Wilde.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 1 May 2020
0.01 miles
2
Coast View Cottage, Babbacombe
Tiles on the wall of one of a row of probably C18 coastguard cottages on Babbacombe Downs Road.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 7 Sep 2014
0.01 miles
3
Between the clifftop and Babbacombe Road
The Old Coach House is on the left.
Image: © Andrew Hill
Taken: 1 Nov 2008
0.02 miles
4
Babbacombe Cliff
Oscar Wilde lived here during the winter of 1892/3, as the plaque on the right informs us. The listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279510 was a hotel for many years, but has now been converted into 9 luxury flats.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 27 Jul 2008
0.02 miles
6
Echium pininana, Babbacombe
Increasingly turning up in modest-sized gardens; in the background is the Old Coach house pub Image, scene of a Geograph mini-meet some years ago.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 13 May 2017
0.02 miles
7
Path, Babbacombe
A path overgrown through lack of use during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 1 Jul 2020
0.02 miles
8
Babbacombe Cliff
An interesting piece of hillside architecture at the former hotel, also shown in Image https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279510 : "1878 by WE Nesfield ... Art and Crafts style ... projecting timber look-out supported on deep timber brackets".
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 19 Sep 2021
0.02 miles
9
Horse's head, Babbacombe
This rather odd wooden horse's head is at the side of Glen Sannox picnic area.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 5 May 2010
0.02 miles
10
Blue plaque to Charles Kingsley, Babbacombe
Charles Kingsley lived at Coombe Court in 1854. The building is now a hotel.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 22 May 2020
0.02 miles