START BAY is part of the South Devon Coast, running south from Dartmouth. A long stretch of coastline, it numbers among its attractions the village of Torcross and Slapton Sands, where the slate cliffs are of a greenish hue; Blackpool Sands - a wide, curving beach, ideal for family bathing; Hallsands, with its craggy cliffs; and, at the southernmost tip of the bay, Start Point Lighthouse,

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