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Food scene

The Pig’s Nose Inn in the nearby village of East Prawle is a traditional English pub with lots of unique character and charm. Serving classic lunch and dinner dishes sourced from local Devon farming and fishing communities. The Pigs Nose is also an independent music venue so check out what’s on.
35 locals recommend
Pigs Nose Inn
35 locals recommend
The Pig’s Nose Inn in the nearby village of East Prawle is a traditional English pub with lots of unique character and charm. Serving classic lunch and dinner dishes sourced from local Devon farming and fishing communities. The Pigs Nose is also an independent music venue so check out what’s on.
Only 10 mins from the Bungalow in the nearby village of South Pool this traditional 16th century inn has been recently refurbished and offers award winning food using the finest local ingredients including meat reared on the family’s own farm.
31 locals recommend
The Millbrook Inn
31 locals recommend
Only 10 mins from the Bungalow in the nearby village of South Pool this traditional 16th century inn has been recently refurbished and offers award winning food using the finest local ingredients including meat reared on the family’s own farm.
Fifteen minutes from the Bungalow enjoy sunset with a cocktail and alfresco dining on the terrace of the Gara Rock Hotel or book a table in the restaurant for delicious seasonal dishes made from local produce. Snacks and drinks also available from the Garavan for walkers.
9 locals recommend
The Restaurant at Gara Rock
Salcombe - East Portlemouth
9 locals recommend
Fifteen minutes from the Bungalow enjoy sunset with a cocktail and alfresco dining on the terrace of the Gara Rock Hotel or book a table in the restaurant for delicious seasonal dishes made from local produce. Snacks and drinks also available from the Garavan for walkers.
Situated directly on the South West Coast Path, the Cricket Inn offers the perfect resting place to enjoy good food and a refreshing drink between hiking. Only meters from the beach in the idyllic village of Beesands enjoy stunning views towards both Dartmouth and Start Point. Inside the walls are adorned with photograghs documenting Beesand’s rich fishing heritage. Excellent fresh fish served in the award winning restaurant.
30 locals recommend
The Cricket Inn
30 locals recommend
Situated directly on the South West Coast Path, the Cricket Inn offers the perfect resting place to enjoy good food and a refreshing drink between hiking. Only meters from the beach in the idyllic village of Beesands enjoy stunning views towards both Dartmouth and Start Point. Inside the walls are adorned with photograghs documenting Beesand’s rich fishing heritage. Excellent fresh fish served in the award winning restaurant.
Local family run business offering fantastically fresh seafood on the beach. Combination of takeaway and unique licensed cafe/restaurant.
36 locals recommend
Britannia at The Beach
36 locals recommend
Local family run business offering fantastically fresh seafood on the beach. Combination of takeaway and unique licensed cafe/restaurant.
Friendly pub in nearby village of Chillington offering the localist of local produce: fresh fish and seafood from nearby shores, meat from their own farm just 3 miles away and fresh produce from their kitchen garden next to the pub.
25 locals recommend
The Bear And Blacksmith
A379
25 locals recommend
Friendly pub in nearby village of Chillington offering the localist of local produce: fresh fish and seafood from nearby shores, meat from their own farm just 3 miles away and fresh produce from their kitchen garden next to the pub.
About 20 minutes away in the nearby village of Stokenham. Traditional pub food made from locally sourced ingredients.
18 locals recommend
Church House Inn
18 locals recommend
About 20 minutes away in the nearby village of Stokenham. Traditional pub food made from locally sourced ingredients.
Located half an hour away in Kingsbridge The Old Bakery offers Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes in a sharing style. Sample a glass of Sherry or one of their delicious cocktails whilst deciding what dishes to order.
The Old Bakery
11 High Street
Located half an hour away in Kingsbridge The Old Bakery offers Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes in a sharing style. Sample a glass of Sherry or one of their delicious cocktails whilst deciding what dishes to order.
Jamie Rogers’ passion for cooking is palpable at this former warehouse in the centre of town. Have a drink in the bar, then head upstairs to a table beneath the beams. The place has a friendly air and cooking combines the best of the Devonshire larder with imaginative textures and flavours. Enjoy one of the tasting menus at this Michelin starred restaurant in Kingsbridge only 30 mins from The Bungalow.
29 locals recommend
Restaurant Twenty Seven by Jamie Rogers
9 Mill St
29 locals recommend
Jamie Rogers’ passion for cooking is palpable at this former warehouse in the centre of town. Have a drink in the bar, then head upstairs to a table beneath the beams. The place has a friendly air and cooking combines the best of the Devonshire larder with imaginative textures and flavours. Enjoy one of the tasting menus at this Michelin starred restaurant in Kingsbridge only 30 mins from The Bungalow.
About half an hour away in Kingsbridge. Serving great steaks and burgers from their own farm and butchery.
7 locals recommend
Woody's Restaurant
Prince of Wales Road
7 locals recommend
About half an hour away in Kingsbridge. Serving great steaks and burgers from their own farm and butchery.
Serving easy lunches, joyous dinners and plenty of teas, cakes, coffees and ice creams. Much of the menu is characterised by the local seafood we’re so lucky to have on our doorstep.
90 locals recommend
The Winking Prawn
Cliff Road
90 locals recommend
Serving easy lunches, joyous dinners and plenty of teas, cakes, coffees and ice creams. Much of the menu is characterised by the local seafood we’re so lucky to have on our doorstep.
Every day the team select the best fish directly from the fleet in Brixham and from the most sustainable fisheries in the world. The fish is prepared and portioned right at the quay just meters from where it comes in and is then sent directly to the restaurant and cooked to order. Served with unlimited chips! Other venues include Torquay, Plymouth and Exeter. Takeaway also available near the lower ferry in Dartmouth. If you can’t get a table in the restaurant get a takeaway and sit on the quay overlooking the beautiful River Dart.
93 locals recommend
Rockfish
8 South Embankment
93 locals recommend
Every day the team select the best fish directly from the fleet in Brixham and from the most sustainable fisheries in the world. The fish is prepared and portioned right at the quay just meters from where it comes in and is then sent directly to the restaurant and cooked to order. Served with unlimited chips! Other venues include Torquay, Plymouth and Exeter. Takeaway also available near the lower ferry in Dartmouth. If you can’t get a table in the restaurant get a takeaway and sit on the quay overlooking the beautiful River Dart.
Award winning fine dining with fantastic views over the River Dart in Dartmouth, about 40 minutes from The Bungalow. Experience the tasting menu designed by master chef professionals finalist Elly Wentworth along with the expertly curated wine list in the beautiful listed building dating back to 1889.
27 locals recommend
The Angel
2 S Embankment
27 locals recommend
Award winning fine dining with fantastic views over the River Dart in Dartmouth, about 40 minutes from The Bungalow. Experience the tasting menu designed by master chef professionals finalist Elly Wentworth along with the expertly curated wine list in the beautiful listed building dating back to 1889.

Live events

Salcombe Crabfest 2022 (Sunday 1st May) One day event to celebrate Salcombe’s world famous brown crab. Full day of events including cooking demos and live music as well as stalls exhibiting local food, drink and artisan crafts. Salcombe Town Regatta (Monday 1st - Friday 5th August) Week long event of family friendly activities, races, sports and sailing. Don’t miss the fireworks on Thursday night or Crabber’s race and torchlight procession on Friday night. Salcombe Live festival (Friday 7th - Sunday 9th October 2022) Annual weekend festival of live music, comedy and entertainment held in venues across Salcombe.
58 locals recommend
Salcombe HarSpa
Cliff Road
58 locals recommend
Salcombe Crabfest 2022 (Sunday 1st May) One day event to celebrate Salcombe’s world famous brown crab. Full day of events including cooking demos and live music as well as stalls exhibiting local food, drink and artisan crafts. Salcombe Town Regatta (Monday 1st - Friday 5th August) Week long event of family friendly activities, races, sports and sailing. Don’t miss the fireworks on Thursday night or Crabber’s race and torchlight procession on Friday night. Salcombe Live festival (Friday 7th - Sunday 9th October 2022) Annual weekend festival of live music, comedy and entertainment held in venues across Salcombe.
Kingsbridge Fair Week 16-23rd July 2022 Action packed week starting with the crowning of the Fair Queen. A week of funfair, fireworks, three-legged race, big quiz, dog show and raft race closing with a colourful procession on the final Saturday
116 locals recommend
Kingsbridge
116 locals recommend
Kingsbridge Fair Week 16-23rd July 2022 Action packed week starting with the crowning of the Fair Queen. A week of funfair, fireworks, three-legged race, big quiz, dog show and raft race closing with a colourful procession on the final Saturday
Dart Music Festival (Friday 6th - Sunday 8th May 2022) Now in its 23rd year, this free music festival hosts over 100 performances spanning every musical genre held in the port and town of Dartmouth. Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta (Saturday 20th - Saturday 27th August Devon Tourism Awards Bronze award winners 2022 The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta celebrates life in this enchanting British seaside town on the river Dart. The regatta attracts thousands of visitors to Dartmouth over the week each August. Whether you’re a sailor or land lover - there’s something for everyone.
378 locals recommend
Dartmouth
378 locals recommend
Dart Music Festival (Friday 6th - Sunday 8th May 2022) Now in its 23rd year, this free music festival hosts over 100 performances spanning every musical genre held in the port and town of Dartmouth. Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta (Saturday 20th - Saturday 27th August Devon Tourism Awards Bronze award winners 2022 The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta celebrates life in this enchanting British seaside town on the river Dart. The regatta attracts thousands of visitors to Dartmouth over the week each August. Whether you’re a sailor or land lover - there’s something for everyone.

Sailing, boat hire

Walking distance from the Bungalow based at Port Waterhouse. Take a lesson, hire your own Board or take a guided tour to gently explore the area by water. You’ll see old mills, lime kilns, amazing landscapes and wildlife such as egrets, herons, buzzards, mullets and Egyptian geese.
7 locals recommend
Salcombe Paddleboarding
7 locals recommend
Walking distance from the Bungalow based at Port Waterhouse. Take a lesson, hire your own Board or take a guided tour to gently explore the area by water. You’ll see old mills, lime kilns, amazing landscapes and wildlife such as egrets, herons, buzzards, mullets and Egyptian geese.
Based in Salcombe’s old lifeboat house on South Sands beach. Explore rock gardens, gulleys, caves and coves in a sea kayak or paddleboard. Look for wildlife while paddling to secluded beaches. Professional advice and safety equipment provided.
8 locals recommend
Sea kayak Salcombe, kayak Tour Operator
Cliff Road
8 locals recommend
Based in Salcombe’s old lifeboat house on South Sands beach. Explore rock gardens, gulleys, caves and coves in a sea kayak or paddleboard. Look for wildlife while paddling to secluded beaches. Professional advice and safety equipment provided.
Accredited RYA Training Centre, RYA OnBoard Centre and RYA Sailability Centre providing formal and informal sailing lessons and RYA courses.
7 locals recommend
Salcombe Dinghy Sailing
Fore Street
7 locals recommend
Accredited RYA Training Centre, RYA OnBoard Centre and RYA Sailability Centre providing formal and informal sailing lessons and RYA courses.

Things to do

Sharpham Vineyard Handmade cheese and award winning English wine. Informal guided tasting, vine to wine tours and scenic vineyard walks.
90 locals recommend
Sharpham Wine and Cheese
Waddeton Road
90 locals recommend
Sharpham Vineyard Handmade cheese and award winning English wine. Informal guided tasting, vine to wine tours and scenic vineyard walks.
Learn all about Salcombe Gin by taking charge of a copper pot and making your own bottle. Create your gin recipe from the extensive range of botanicals guided by an expert distiller.
30 locals recommend
Salcombe Gin
28 Island St
30 locals recommend
Learn all about Salcombe Gin by taking charge of a copper pot and making your own bottle. Create your gin recipe from the extensive range of botanicals guided by an expert distiller.

Sightseeing

Wild Rock Spa Pamper yourself with a spa day at nearby Gara Rock Hotel.
61 locals recommend
Gara Rock
Salcombe - East Portlemouth
61 locals recommend
Wild Rock Spa Pamper yourself with a spa day at nearby Gara Rock Hotel.
Start point is one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English coast running sharply almost a mile into the sea. It is a breathtaking walk up to the lighthouse from the South West coast path offering fantastic views towards Beesands and Torcross in one direction and East Prawle and Salcombe in the other. You may even see seals or dolphins out to see as well as a host of sea birds and birds of prey.
17 locals recommend
Start Point
17 locals recommend
Start point is one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English coast running sharply almost a mile into the sea. It is a breathtaking walk up to the lighthouse from the South West coast path offering fantastic views towards Beesands and Torcross in one direction and East Prawle and Salcombe in the other. You may even see seals or dolphins out to see as well as a host of sea birds and birds of prey.
Famous for its Art Deco inspired hotel, links to Agatha Christie, the sea tractor and as a former haunt for pirates and smugglers. Walk around the island and explore the remains of the chapel. The traditional coastal inn and old smugglers haunt has low ceilings, open fires and nooks and crannies to explore with plenty of outdoor seating for alfresco drinks. The hotel is open to non-residents for black-tie evening meals and Sunday lunch.
64 locals recommend
Burgh Island Hotel
64 locals recommend
Famous for its Art Deco inspired hotel, links to Agatha Christie, the sea tractor and as a former haunt for pirates and smugglers. Walk around the island and explore the remains of the chapel. The traditional coastal inn and old smugglers haunt has low ceilings, open fires and nooks and crannies to explore with plenty of outdoor seating for alfresco drinks. The hotel is open to non-residents for black-tie evening meals and Sunday lunch.
Take the Greenway ferry from Dartmouth and visit Agatha Christie’s Devon home. The Christie family were great collectors and the house is filled with an interesting and varied collection of artefacts. Wander through the grounds and find the walled garden and allotment gardened by local school children and picnic in the romantic woodland that drifts down to the Dart Estuary and boat house.
Greenway
Take the Greenway ferry from Dartmouth and visit Agatha Christie’s Devon home. The Christie family were great collectors and the house is filled with an interesting and varied collection of artefacts. Wander through the grounds and find the walled garden and allotment gardened by local school children and picnic in the romantic woodland that drifts down to the Dart Estuary and boat house.
Travel back to the jazz age at the country home of the D’Oyly Carte family. This most evocative of country homes was built in the 1920s and imbues Art Deco elegance. Follow the paths in the RHS accredited gardens through glades, past tranquil ponds where tender plants from the Mediterranean, South Africa and New Zealand thrive in the sheltered valley and enjoy the enticing views out to sea.
114 locals recommend
National Trust - Coleton Fishacre House & Gardens
Brownstone Road
114 locals recommend
Travel back to the jazz age at the country home of the D’Oyly Carte family. This most evocative of country homes was built in the 1920s and imbues Art Deco elegance. Follow the paths in the RHS accredited gardens through glades, past tranquil ponds where tender plants from the Mediterranean, South Africa and New Zealand thrive in the sheltered valley and enjoy the enticing views out to sea.

Stores of convenience close(ish) to home

The Bungalow is pretty remote. This is a list of where to go to buy local produce for picnics on to cook at home closer than the nearby towns of Salcombe, Kingsbridge and Dartmouth.
Situated between Stokenham and Torcross, about 20 mins from the Bungalow. Everything you’d expect from a country farm shop: a deli; butchery; restaurant and cafe; plant centre; and grocery store stocking everyday groceries and a wide selection of alcohol including beer from their own brewery. e-bike hire also available. Open every day 9am - 5pm
39 locals recommend
Stokeley Farm Shop
39 locals recommend
Situated between Stokenham and Torcross, about 20 mins from the Bungalow. Everything you’d expect from a country farm shop: a deli; butchery; restaurant and cafe; plant centre; and grocery store stocking everyday groceries and a wide selection of alcohol including beer from their own brewery. e-bike hire also available. Open every day 9am - 5pm
Situated between the villages of Frogmore and East Charleton, about 15 minutes from the Bungalow. Farm shop selling fresh local produce, butcher and cafe. Open every day.
13 locals recommend
Springfield Farm Shop, Butchers and Deli
13 locals recommend
Situated between the villages of Frogmore and East Charleton, about 15 minutes from the Bungalow. Farm shop selling fresh local produce, butcher and cafe. Open every day.
20 minutes from the Bungalow in East Charleton. Texaco filling station, ATM, off licence, bakery, groceries and Post Office. Between the garage and Ashby’s next door you are likely to find what you need. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 06:30am - 8pm; Sunday 7am - 8pm
SPAR East Charleton
20 minutes from the Bungalow in East Charleton. Texaco filling station, ATM, off licence, bakery, groceries and Post Office. Between the garage and Ashby’s next door you are likely to find what you need. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 06:30am - 8pm; Sunday 7am - 8pm
Family run leisure store located next at the filling station in East Charleton on the A379. Selling beach gear, wetsuits, kayaks and water sports accessories as well as every day essential products. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 9:30am - 5:30pm; Sunday 10am - 4pm
Ashby's of Kingsbridge
Family run leisure store located next at the filling station in East Charleton on the A379. Selling beach gear, wetsuits, kayaks and water sports accessories as well as every day essential products. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 9:30am - 5:30pm; Sunday 10am - 4pm
About 15 minutes from the Bungalow. Small village shop selling local produce and essential groceries. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 5:30pm; Saturday 8am - 1pm; Sunday 8:30am - 12pm
Chillington Post Office & Shop
About 15 minutes from the Bungalow. Small village shop selling local produce and essential groceries. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 5:30pm; Saturday 8am - 1pm; Sunday 8:30am - 12pm
Situated in the village of East Prawle about 15 minutes away. Selling a range of fresh produce, store cupboard essentials and alcohol. Call to check they’re opening times (they can be a bit random, particularly out of season) 01548 511475 I recommend taking the long-cut via East Portlemouth village for a beautiful and less hair-raising drive, the lane to Holset is treacherous.
Piglet Stores and Cafe
Situated in the village of East Prawle about 15 minutes away. Selling a range of fresh produce, store cupboard essentials and alcohol. Call to check they’re opening times (they can be a bit random, particularly out of season) 01548 511475 I recommend taking the long-cut via East Portlemouth village for a beautiful and less hair-raising drive, the lane to Holset is treacherous.