Babbacombe

Babbacombe

"Babbacombe" may also refer to John 'Babbacombe' Lee"

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=Oddicombe Beach from Babbacombe Downs
latitude= 50.47
longitude=-03.52
official_name =Babbacombe
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shire_county= Devon
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metropolitan_county =
region=South West England
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os_grid_reference= SX9265

Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for its model village and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway.


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  • John Babbacombe Lee — John Henry George Lee, better known as John Babbacombe Lee, (1864 – c. 1945) or The Man They Couldn t Hang , was a British man famous for surviving three attempts at judicial execution.Lee was born in Abbotskerswell, Devon, served in the Royal… …   Wikipedia

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