Visit Beer, Devon

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Beer tourist information

Beer is a coastal resort village and beach that falls within the Jurassic coast heritage site, in south-east Devon just west of Seaton. It is also part of the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Historically the traditional village of Beer developed around smuggling, later turning to fishing, but it is now firmly focussed on tourism.

The village itself is pleasant to explore, a traditional Devon fishing village albeit without 'major monuments'. After ambling through the town head to the Jubilee Gardens above the cliffs, for some of the best views of the village and coastline.

The beach in Beer consists of pebbles, sometimes quite large, and slopes quite steeply to the sea. It is backed by white limestone cliffs either side of the village, and is a sheltered bay - hence the beach also acts as a harbour for the small local fishing boats which provide an attractive splash of colour to the setting.

Things to see and do at Beer, Devon

One unexpectedly interesting attraction here is the Beer Quarry Caves. The stone from these quarries has been used since Roman times and provided building stone for Windsor Castle and Saint Paul's Cathedral, among many important buildings.The quarries are no longer actively worked but are open for guided visits, showing the different methods of quarrying used over the centuries.

Visit the picturesque village of Branscombe with its thatched cottages, a little way west of Beer, that runs steeply down to a shingle beach.

The Pecorama Pleasure Gardens at Beer has a miniature steam train that meanders a couple of kilometres through the gardens and countryside (popular with adults and children alike!) and various other exhibits related to trains, along with a carefully planned (and very pretty) garden walk and other family-fosussed entertainments such as Crazy Golf.