Salcombe's beauty and beaches make it special, say locals - but the tourism comes at a cost.
"I was one of the holidaymakers who made it my home," says Sam Long, who moved to Salcombe in 2009. Fourteen years later he has no regrets.
When the sun shines, families hurry around in search of ice cream, cars squeeze past pedestrians on narrow lanes and people dodge greedy seagulls that are eager to snap up any pasty left briefly unattended. There is a "great local community here which I think people forget", he says. He has volunteered for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, is involved with the rugby club, and every year he helps other local residents put the town's Christmas lights up.Image source,The estuary is arguably the focal point of the town.
Then passing Whitestrand car park, which sees ferries pick up visitors to take them to local beaches, a key feature of Salcombe emerges - one of its many hills. This week, local councillor Julian Brazil, told the Guardian that some key workers such as nurses, teachers, care workers and cleaners could no longer afford to live in the area,
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