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Love Brixham Website
Tourism studies over the last few years suggest that 52% of all holiday makers make use of the internet to research potential destinations for their holidays with activity-led vacations particularly important to the over 50’s and the under 35’s. To this end we are...
Brixham Bunting
Many of you will have noticed the colourful bunting flying proudly through the centre of town, all of it made by people living or working in Brixham. If you look closely, you will see that nearly every string carries a single pennant sporting a design by those same...
Sign the petition to stop excessive parking charges
A petition calling for the rise in Torbay's parking charges to be reversed collected more than 600 supporters. Summer parking charges were introduced to Torbay Council car parks and to on-street spaces recently and it now costs £1 to park for just 30 minutes. Click to...
Smuggling exhibit at Museum
Brixham Heritage Museum recently reopened with a new exhibition featuring true stories about the port’s smugglers. Details about the smuggling operations have been uncovered by museum researchers during the winter. The tales revealed range from well-armed...
£1.2million cultural boost for Torbay
Torbay has received an award of £1,191,400 from Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Fund’s Great Place Scheme that will put art and culture at the heart of the future vision for the area. The grant will help to fund an ambitious project led by Torbay Culture...
Chamber at the Tourism Exhibition
The Chamber Stand at the recent Tourism Exhibition on the 15th March, 2017 was very busy with lots of compliments for Brixham, The Chamber, The New Guide and the markets. Generally it was a very good exhibition overall. The majority of visitors to the Brixham stand...
Seafood Coast – Phase 2 funding secured
The English Riviera BID Company are delighted to confirm that they have been successful with their bid to VisitEngland for Continuation Funding! This means they are able to take England’s Seafood Coast to the next stage for a further 12 months. Following their...
Brixham Marine Conservation Day
Brixham Marine Conservation Day on 30th May 2017 is bringing together local, national and international organisations concerned with marine conservation. The aims are to raise awareness of marine conservation issues, to educate the next generation and to introduce...
BrixFest’s social history archive project awarded Lottery grant
A mobile phone app in the style of the popular location-based game Pokémon Go is being developed to support the launch of a Brixham social history archive. The BrixFest project aims to gather audio and film testimonies about the port's traditional industries and...
Epic Award for South Devon Players
The South Devon Players Theatre & Film Company are excited to announce that on the evening of March 19th, 2017 at an awards ceremony at the Sage conference centre in Newcastle, they were presented with the Epic Award for England. Laura Jay, one of the founders,...
How to kill off a dying town
An open letter from Nigel Makin on behalf of Brixham Chamber to Robert Excell and Kevin Mowatt, Torbay Council. I’m writing to you on behalf of the Brixham Chamber of Commerce, Brixham residents, Brixham visitors and potential investors in Brixham. The “subject” title...
Wayfinding Project
Brixham Future are trying to make the signage around Brixham as helpful for our residents and visitors as they can. For this they need your valuable input. It would be very much appreciated if you could please spare a few minutes of your time to share your insights...