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Slapton Ley and Slapton Sands Nature Reserve

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 LinkExternal 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.
by N Chadwick

Created: Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Updated: Thu, 23 Mar 2017


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SX8244 : Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8143 : France Wood by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Bracken, Slapton Sands by N Chadwick
SX8143 : Looking across Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Lower Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Looking across Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Coastal erosion, Slapton Sands by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Slapton Ley at Slapton Bridge by N Chadwick
SX8242 : Slapton Ley on a misty day by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Ruined pillbox by N Chadwick
SX8144 : Boardwalk, Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8242 : Torcross across The Ley by N Chadwick
SX8345 : Start Bay and Slapton Sands by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Shoreline, Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Slapton Ley Nature Reserve by N Chadwick
SX8243 : Slapton Sands by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Seafront carpark, Slapton Sands. by N Chadwick
SX8144 : Marshy woodland, Slapton Nature Reserve by N Chadwick
SX8144 : Dense vegetation, Start Stream Valley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Reeds, Slapton Ley by N Chadwick
SX8244 : Lower Ley, Slapton by N Chadwick

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