Teignmouth

Also known as Teignmouth, Devon

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

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Encyclopedic overview

27 sections

Contents

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

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.