Babbacombe

"Babbacombe" may also refer to John 'Babbacombe' Lee

Coordinates: 50°28′N 3°31′W / 50.47°N 3.52°W / 50.47; -03.52

Babbacombe
Oddicombe Beach from Babbacombe Downs
Babbacombe  Babbacombe shown within Devon
OS grid reference	SX9265
District	Torbay
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Torquay
Postcode district	TQ1
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Devon

An overview of the Model Village

All Saints Church, Babbacombe

Babbacombe^[1] is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village,^[2] the Babbacombe Theatre^[3] and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway.^[4]

Churches and schools

The church of All Saints was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built in 1868-74. 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.^[5]

Babbacombe has a primary school, All Saints Babbacombe Church of England Primary School.^[6]

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