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The southern part of Tor Bay as seen from Preston hillside. The headland is Berry Head and the fishing town of Brixham lies just to the right of it.
©Richard Knights
Dist:0.2km<br/>The road swoops down across the steep-sided Hollicombe Lake valley, linking the housing at Broadpark with Preston. The route originally ran from Cockington, and north of Broadpark it persists as a bridleway into the Cockington valley.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>This path leads down from [[1588252]] past Ten Acre Brake to join the path along the valley bottom.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>A residential road that drops and climbs steeply as it performs a complete U-turn. Beyond the bungalows on Branksome Close is Ten Acre Brake, on the northern slopes of the Hollicombe Lake valley.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>This part of the pond has sufficient water to keep the ducks relatively happy, but other areas are very low, due to the prolonged dry spell in Torbay. The former gasometer which was previously a dominant feature across the road, has been removed.
©Tom Jolliffe
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km<br/>The dry weather appears to have affected the water level in this pond which is part of a landscaping of an area next to a former gasworks.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.3km<br/>[[622506]] seen past a fuchsia from close to the railway bridge across the path to the beach.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>A circular pond (left) and circular beds have been created opposite the former gas works at Hollicombe.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>The dry spell has left the grass looking parched in Hollicombe Gardens but the canary palm is thriving.
©Tom Jolliffe
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view across the southern part of the park. Torbay Road (the A3022) runs above the wall to left of centre, and the wooded Round Hill rises in the background above the eastern side of the Hollicombe Lake valley.
©Derek Harper
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©Ian S
Dist:0.4km<br/>Cut pine branches bearing cones beside the footpath from which [[2444196]] was taken.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>The South West Coast Path emerges onto Torquay Road for a short distance here.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.4km<br/>The railway curves behind [[617916]] to pass under the footbridge from which [[1723275]] was taken. Hollicombe Head juts out at the southern end of the beach.
©Derek Harper

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