Teignmouth

Teignbridge

Teignmouth, town (parish), Teignbridge district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It lies along the north bank of the River Teign estuary where it joins the English Channel.

The Saxon settlement of Tegutum was burned by the Danes in 970 and was razed by the French in 1338 and 1690. A quay was built in 1831 to ship granite from Dartmoor for the rebuilding of London Bridge. The town has 2 miles (3 km) of sandy beach and is a yachting centre. Pop. (2001) 14,413; (2011) 14,749.