Kingsbridge, South Devon
Kingsbridge Apartments
Self-catering flats in and around the town, a short walk from the quay, the shops and the estuary path.
All apartments we list in Kingsbridge
11 properties, with the street or area each one sits on. Prices and availability are shown on Booking.com when you open a property.
- Beautiful Garden Room with Private Entrance — 47 Lower Warren Road
- Waterside Park Annex — 16 Hillside Drive
- The Apartment at Estuary Escapes — TQ7 3AZ
- Central Spacious Ground Floor Flat with Courtyard — The Malt
- Salcombe View — 8 Higher Warren Road
- Compact, central apartment, dog friendly. — Nancy’s Nest 109c Fore Street
- Crabshell Apartment — Crabshell Quay Crabshell
- Ground floor central apartment — Bottom Corner 39 Knowle House Close
- Valley View Haven — 13 Manor Park
- Crabshell Quay waterfront living in Kingsbridge — 7 Crabshell quay Embankment Road
- Apartment Sleeps 4 with Balcony and Parking — 15 Crabshell Heights
Apartments in Kingsbridge
Apartments in Kingsbridge put you in a working town rather than a holiday village. The main street, the supermarkets, the quay and the estuary path are a walk away, and the road network out of the town reaches the whole of the South Hams without first getting down a lane.
It is the practical end of this market. A flat here suits a couple using the town as a base, a shorter stay, or a trip out of season when the coastal villages have largely closed for the winter. You are not on a beach — the open sea is six miles south down the estuary — and that is the honest trade for everything else the town provides.
Look at the estuary at the top of the tide if you can. Kingsbridge sits at the head of a ria, so the water at the quay is salt and tidal, and the difference between a full basin and a bed of mud and wading birds is a couple of hours.
In a real town
Shops, supermarkets and places to eat that are open in the low season, all within a walk. That is unusual on this stretch of coast.
Easy to reach everything
Main roads out of the town rather than single-track lanes. Salcombe, Thurlestone, Hope Cove, Bantham, Slapton and Start Bay are all a short drive.
The quay and the tide
The water at the quay is tidal salt water at the head of a drowned valley. At low water the upper estuary is mud and birds; a few hours later it is a full basin.
Features & Amenities
More about Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge sits at the top of the water. The Kingsbridge Estuary is a ria — a river valley drowned when sea levels rose — and it extends to the sea six miles (10 km) south of the town. At the town end that produces a broad expanse of mud and wading birds at low tide and a full basin at high, which is a better thing to watch than it sounds.
It is the market town for the South Hams and it behaves like one: a main street of independent shops, supermarkets, a quay, and enough open through the winter that a February stay here is a different proposition from a February stay in a coastal village. The Cookworthy Museum occupies the old grammar school, founded and built by Thomas Crispin in 1670.
For a visitor the argument for Kingsbridge is reach. Salcombe is at the far end of the estuary, Thurlestone and Hope Cove are over on the west-facing coast, Slapton and Start Bay are east, and all of them are a short drive. It is also, at 6,116 residents in the 2011 census, the only place on this site big enough to be a town in the ordinary sense of the word.
Frequently Asked Questions About Kingsbridge
At the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which extends to the sea six miles (10 km) south of the town. It is the market town for this whole corner of Devon, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census — several times the size of anywhere else on this site.
Because it is a town that works all year. There are shops, supermarkets, places to eat that are open in February, and a road network that reaches the whole of the South Hams without first getting down a single-track lane. It is the sensible base for a trip that takes in several beaches rather than one.
Not quite. It sits at the head of a ria — a drowned valley — so the water at the quay is salt and tidal but the open sea is six miles south. At low tide the upper estuary is largely mud and wading birds, which is part of its appeal rather than a disappointment.
The Cookworthy Museum occupies the former grammar school, founded and built by Thomas Crispin in 1670, and covers the history of the South Hams. Beyond that it is a working market town: the quay, the independent shops along the main street, and the estuary path. Most visitors use it as a base and a supply stop rather than a sight in itself.
Salcombe is at the far end of the estuary; Thurlestone and Hope Cove are on the west-facing coast about five miles away. All of them are a straightforward drive from here rather than a lane-by-lane expedition, which is the argument for the town. The argument against is equally simple — you are not on a beach.