Last year, councils across England began an experiment. They started charging double council tax on second homes, claiming it ...

“It’d better be good,” said my husband, somewhat ominously, as we drove down narrow, potholed lanes to our accommodation for the night in Salcombe, South Devon. But as the rain relented, allowing us ...

'Salcombe is sustained by a population of just 2,000, despite having approximately 25,000 visitors at any time during each high season' - Thomas Faull/E+ Salcombe is horrible. There, I said it. As a ...

"I was one of the holidaymakers who made it my home," says Sam Long, who moved to Salcombe in 2009. Fourteen years later he has no regrets. Salcombe, in south Devon, has been named Britain's most ...

A South West-based distillery, which produces premium gin, rum and non-alcoholic spirits, has reported strong 2025 growth and set its sights on tripling its size over the next five years.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Salcombe likes to call itself southwest England’s sunshine capital but now it boasts a punchier – if more ...

Salcombe's narrow streets and a huge influx of visitors have made social distancing difficult Visitors to a seaside town have been urged to "show a bit of respect" and follow social distancing rules.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The seaside town of Salcombe, south Devon, has long-made its living from the water. In 900BC, laden with a cargo of ...

English Heritage has earmarked a Devon shipwreck it wants to protect from further damage. Gold treasure, including a large haul of Islamic coins, was found in 1995 at the Salcombe Cannon site.

The South West Coast Path celebrated the 25th anniversary of its completion in 2003. At 630 miles, it's the longest national trail in England. Prawle Point is the most southerly place in Devon. The ...