Broadsands

This article is about the beach in South Devon. For the cove in North Devon, see Broadsands Beach.

Broadsands is a beach on the coast of Torbay in South Devon, England. It is also the name of an area of housing inland from the beach,^[1] in the Churston Ferrers part of Torbay between Paignton and Brixham.

Broadsands
Broadsands Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SX896575
Unitary authority	Torbay
Ceremonial county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	TQ
Dialling code	01803
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Totnes
List of places UK England Devon 50.407°N 3.554°W / 50.407; -3.554

It is a tourist attraction, with a range of facilities^[2] and a large pitch and putt course on the adjacent headland. The beach is popular for fishing and watersports.

There are good views of the Dartmouth Steam Railway, which crosses two Brunel viaducts near the beach on the section between Goodrington Sands and Churston.

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  Broadsands beach
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  Brunel's viaduct
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  No. 60163 Tornado steam locomotive crosses Broadsands Viaduct
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  Beach hut, Broadsands beach