Thurlestone
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| • London | 183 miles (295 km) NEE |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KINGSBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TQ |
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| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Thurlestone is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) west of Kingsbridge. There is an electoral ward in the same name. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,886.[1]
The village is named after Thurlestone Rock, the so-called "thirled stone", an arch-shaped rock formation just offshore in Thurlestone Bay. Thurl, or Thirl is an Old English word meaning "hole". [2]
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is built of the dark grey local slate. The chancel was built early in the 13th century; the remainder of the church in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Thurlestone Marsh
Thurlestone Marsh (grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) is one of three small wetlands south of the village (South Milton Ley and South Huish Marsh are the others). It is formed where a small unnamed stream flows through low-lying flat farmland just inland from Leas Foot Sand, a small beach just to the southwest of the village.
The site consists of a number of reed-fringed pools.
Louis Sheid
In December 1939 a Belgian steamship, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found., was wrecked on Books Rocks, below what was then the Links Hotel. A few hours earlier, she had rescued survivors from a Dutch ship, Template:MV, which a U-boat had torpedoed. The RNLI lifeboat from Salcombe Lifeboat Station rescued the Dutch survivors, and a Breeches buoy was used to bring the Belgian crew ashore.[3]
Much of Louis SheidTemplate:'s wreck was dismantled during and after the Second World War, but her double bottom remains.[3] It is now an inshore recreational dive site,[4] and at extreme low tides the wreck is visible above water.[3]
Tourism
The village has self-catering houses and an hotel. About 60% of houses in the village are rented out at some time in the year.
Wildlife
In 2002, a 30-year-old female pygmy sperm whale was washed up on Thurlestone Beach.
2005 saw two significant ornithological events (Devon Bird Report 2005):
- In late March and early April, a flock of 68 garganey was offshore in the bay – the second largest flock ever to be recorded in Britain (the largest was a flock of 120 in Kent in the 1950s).
- In August, a least sandpiper, a North American vagrant shorebird only recorded once in Devon previously, was present on Thurlestone Marsh.
Walks
There is a walk from the main village to Bantham and another walk to Salcombe going through Hope Cove and Bolberry . Both of these are along the headland. There are also a numerous walks to nearby beaches and villages.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of Thurlestone".
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barrett, Roger, ed. (2019). The Wreck of the Louis Sheid 1939 (PDF). Salcombe: Salcombe Maritime Museum.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Louis Sheid". divemap. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
External links
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