Dawlish Warren
Coordinates: 50°35′53″N 3°26′38″W / 50.598°N 3.444°W
Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort. It is near Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, England. It is at the mouth of the Exe Estuary, and has a beach, a National Nature Reserve[1] spanning 505 acres (2 km²) and a golf course. There is also one of Europe's largest spits in Dawlish Warren measuring over 1.5miles long and 0.5miles wide. There is a fence running down the centre of the spit to prevent people from wandering and falling into any deep parts of the salt marshes that have accumulated on the inside of the spit.
Dawlish Warren | |
The beach at Dawlish Warren looking along the sand spit towards Exmouth |
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Dawlish Warren shown within Devon | |
OS grid reference | SX979786 |
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Civil parish | Dawlish |
District | Teignbridge |
Shire county | Devon |
Region | South West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DAWLISH |
Postcode district | EX7 |
Dialling code | 01626 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | Newton Abbot |
Dawlish Warren Media
A freshwater pond at the Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve
Other websites
References
- ↑ Teignbridge District Council page describing the NNR Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-10-18.