Shaldon
Shaldon is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in south Devon, England, on the south bank of the estuary of the River Teign, opposite Teignmouth.

Shaldon is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in south Devon, England, on the south bank of the estuary of the River Teign, opposite Teignmouth. The village is a popular bathing place and is characterized by Georgian architecture.
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Worth seeing in and around Shaldon
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Teignmouth lighthouse
Teignmouth lighthouse is a lighthouse situated on the south end of the Den promenade at Teignmouth, Devon, England. It is paired with a red polycarbonate leading light at Powderham Terrace behind the lighthouse.
600 m · lighthouse in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Grand Pier, Teignmouth
The Grand Pier, also known as Teignmouth Pier, is a pier in the town of Teignmouth, Devon, England, constructed between 1865 and 1867. It is 212 metres in length.
900 m · pier in Teignmouth, Devon · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Michael The Archangel (Parish Church of East Teignmouth)
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Teignmouth is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Teignmouth, Devon.
1.2 km · church building in Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Shaldon Zoo
Shaldon Zoo also known as Shaldon Wildlife Trust is a conservation centre in Shaldon, Devon. Set in an acre of woodland above the village near to the coastline, they look after and help preserve some of the rarest and most endangered animals in the world, with a focus on small primates.
600 m · zoo in the UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Peter
The Church of St Peter is the Church of England parish church of the village of Shaldon, Devon. Designed by Edmund Harold Sedding, and with later additions by William Douglas Caröe, it is a Grade I listed building.
400 m · Grade I listed church in Shaldon, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Woodway House
Woodway House is in Teignmouth, South Devon, England. It was at one time a farm on lands held by the Bishops of Exeter.
1.8 km · house in Teignmouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shaldon
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 96 km · Bristol (BRS), 109 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 237 km
- Stations
- Teignmouth railway station, 1.2 km
- Cardiff → Shaldon108 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
- Bristol → Shaldon121 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £13–18
- London → Shaldon261 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · £27–36
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Shaldon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shaldon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextLand's End is not that far from Dawlish, and visiting it could be a day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Dawlish, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Shaldon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Shaldon
- Bishopsteigntonvillage and civil parish in Devon, England, UK2.3 km
- Stokeinteignheadvillage and civil parish in Devon, England, UK2.5 km
- Combeinteignheadvillage in Devon, England, UK3.3 km
- Holcombevillage near Dawlish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, UK3.4 km
- Haccombe with Combecivil parish in Teignbridge, Devon, England3.7 km
- Middle Rocombehamlet in Stokeinteignhead, Teignbridge, Devon, England3.6 km