Stoke Fleming is a coastal village which is a ten-minute drive to Dartmouth and less than a mile from Blackpool Sands, a Blue Flag-award-winning beach which is one of Devon’s best-known beaches, offering a great variety of watersports. The Venus Cafe on the beach is open year-round from breakfast time to evening meals (times vary according to the season). Stoke Fleming village has a well-stocked village shop and Post Office, and a traditional 16th-century pub – The Green Dragon – offering local ales and food.

Strete is a small coastal village sitting high on the cliffs between Blackpool Sands and Slapton Sands, just four miles from Dartmouth. Strete is well served by a good village shop. Post Office, and pub.

The South West Coast Path runs through Stoke Fleming and Strete, with panoramic sea views across Start Bay towards Beesands, Hallsands, and Start Point.