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The secluded town of Budleigh Salterton lies in a gap in the red sandstone cliffs to the east of Exmouth. By the last century it had grown from a small fishing village with a long history as a smuggling centre, into a quiet seaside resort.
The town consists of one main road running from east to west, where the main shopping centre is located in located. For part of its length it is bordered by a small stream and here modern church built of local
Salt Pans
The town has a south-facing pebble beach, and for both resident and holidaymaker there are facilities for golf at the East Devon Golf Club, an eighteen-hole course to the west of the town, while the well-known Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club provides opportunities foe these two games.
To the east of the town, beyond the War Memorial, the cliff drops steeply to the mouth of river Otter. It is interesting to notice that it was from the salt pans which existed here that the town derived its name.
Budleigh Salterton has its connections with well-known people. The author Anthony Trollope stayed here with his brother in a house in Cliff Terrace. The painter Sir John Millais was also a resident in the town: it is the beach here which forms the setting for one of his most famous paintings, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh'.
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