Beesands

Beesands
Looking North along the beach at Beesands
Beesands Location within Devon
Civil parish	Stokenham
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	TQ7
Dialling code	01548
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Totnes
List of places UK England Devon 50°15′11″N 3°39′26″W / 50.25306°N 3.65722°W / 50.25306; -3.65722

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. However, it 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 Widdecombe Ley, smaller but similar in ecology to Slapton Ley about a 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) to the north.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

References

1. "Welcome". Britannia of Beesands. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. "Beesands" (Map). Google Maps.
3. "Life", Keith Richards' autobiography, ISBN 0297854399
4. "Keith Richards: The Biography", Victor Bockris, ISBN 0306812789