Babbacombe

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title: "Babbacombe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["areas-of-torquay"] description: "District of Torquay, Devon, England" topic_path: "general/areas-of-torquay" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbacombe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District of Torquay, Devon, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	Oddicombe.jpg
static_image_caption	Oddicombe Beach from Babbacombe Downs
coordinates
official_name	Babbacombe
shire_district	Torbay
shire_county	Devon
region	South West England
post_town	Torquay
postcode_district	TQ1
postcode_area	TQ
os_grid_reference	SX9265
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|country = England |static_image = Oddicombe.jpg |static_image_caption=Oddicombe Beach from Babbacombe Downs |coordinates = |official_name =Babbacombe |population = |shire_district= Torbay |shire_county= Devon |metropolitan_borough= | metropolitan_county = |region=South West England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= Torquay |postcode_district = TQ1 |postcode_area=TQ |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= SX9265 Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village, the Babbacombe Theatre and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway. Frequent buses connect Babbacombe with Torquay town centre while service 22 operates between Dawlish Warren and South Devon College.

Churches and schools

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/All_Saints'_church,Babbacombe-geograph.org.uk-_1303055.jpg" caption="All Saints Church, Babbacombe"] ::

The Church of All Saints was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built in 1868-74 under the aegis of Rev. John Hewett whose initiative it had been to build it. It is in the Neogothic style and has fine polychrome stonework in the font, pulpit and the chancel floor made from Devon marble. All Saints Church belongs to the Anglo-Catholic tradition within the Church of England, and its parish is one of those in the Diocese of Exeter. The first vicar was Fr. John Hewitt, whose ministry began when the church was founded and continued to his retirement in 1910.

Babbacombe has a primary school, All Saints Babbacombe Church of England Primary School.

Notable people

Rev. John Hewett was Vicar of Babbacombe and founded the church there.

The actress and dancer Rosina Vokes (1854-1894) died in Babbacombe.

References

References

1. "Babbacombe website".
2. "Babbacombe Model Village".
3. "Babbacombe Theatre".
4. "Babbacombe Cliff Railway".
5. "Church History". All Saints Church.
6. "All Saints Babbacombe".
7. "All Saints Babbacombe C of E Primary School".

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