Slapton, Devon

Slapton
Slapton
	Church tower
	Slapton Location within Devon
Population	434 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Slapton;
District	South Hams;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
	List of places UK England Devon 50°18′N 3°39′W / 50.300°N 3.650°W

Slapton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It is located near the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The nearby beach is Slapton Sands; despite its name, it is not a sandy beach but a shingle one.

In 1901 the population of the civil parish was 527,^[1] decreasing to 473 in 2001,^[2] and decreasing further to 434 at the 2011 census.^[3] The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Blackawton, Strete, Stokenham and East Allington.^[4]

^ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 163. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
^ "Slapton Parish Headcounts 2001". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[H-1] Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 163. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.

[2] "Slapton Parish Headcounts 2001". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[3] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[4] "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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Slapton
Church tower
Slapton Location within Devon
Population	434 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Slapton
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Devon 50°18′N 3°39′W / 50.300°N 3.650°W / 50.300; -3.650