Teignmouth
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Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It lies on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,932 at the 2021 census.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- TeignmouthHarbour.JPG
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Teignmouth
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Teignmouth
- UK place.local_name
- The Gem of South Devon
- UK place.population
- 14,932
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Teignmouth
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- Teignbridge
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newton Abbot
- UK place.post_town
- TEIGNMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- TQ14
- UK place.postcode_area
- TQ
- UK place.dial_code
- 01626
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX945735
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Named after
- River Teign
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Teignbridge
- Population
- 14413
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- English Channel
- Official website
- www.teignmouth-town.co.uk/contact.asp
- Image
- Teignmouth from the coast path - geograph.org.uk - 491626.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01626
- Motto
- The Gem of South Devon
Show 8 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Teignmouth
- twinned administrative body
- Perros-Guirec
- topic's main category
- Category:Teignmouth
- OS grid reference
- SX945735
- postal code
- TQ14
- P12749
- Robert Tillmanns
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Teignmouth
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-19th century
- 19th and 20th century
- 21st century
- Port
- Shaldon Bridge
- Transport
- Railway
- History
- Buses
- Roads
- Ferry
- Geography
- Climate
- Buildings
- Tourism
- Schools
- Media
- Sport
- Notable people
- In art and literature
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It lies on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,932 at the 2021 census.
From the 1800s onwards, the town grew rapidly in size from a fishing port associated with the Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian times; there was further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the town remains a popular seaside and day-trip holiday location.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teignmouth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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