Slapton, Devon

Slapton
Church tower
Slapton is located in Devon
Slapton
Slapton
Location within Devon
Population434 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • Slapton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°18′N 3°39′W / 50.300°N 3.650°W / 50.300; -3.650
Slapton Sands
The beach at Slapton Sands

Slapton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It is located near the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The nearby beach is Slapton Sands; despite its name, it is not a sandy beach but a shingle one.

In 1901 the population of the civil parish was 527,[1] decreasing to 473 in 2001,[2] and decreasing further to 434 at the 2011 census.[3] The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Blackawton, Strete, Stokenham and East Allington.[4]

  1. ^ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 163. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
  2. ^ "Slapton Parish Headcounts 2001". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.