2012
SX8242 : Torcross seen across Slapton Ley
taken 12 years ago, near to Torcross, Devon, Great Britain
Torcross seen across Slapton Ley
Slapton Ley and Slapton Sands Nature Reserve :: SX8243
Slapton sands forms a bar along the coastline enclosing a freshwater lagoon, the Ley. The whole area is a National Nature Reserve and SSSI, which is managed by the Field Study Centre in Slapton. More information at Link
The bar was formed by a rise in sea level pushing a beach onshore and not by Longshore Drift.
During WWII the area was evacuated and used to practise the D-Day landings. There is a memorial to those who died here SX8242 : American Memorial, Torcross.