Beer, Devon - Definition and Overview

The town of Beer is in south east Devon, England, UK. The name is not from the drink but from the English word for Woodland, due to the original forestation that surrounded the town. Close to Exeter, it is a picturesque coastal village that built up around a smuggler’s cove and the caves that allowed storage of the contraband goods. These are now part of the tourist attraction.

Historically, fishing, smuggling, and lace production was said to be the main form of income to the town. Today, it’s tourism and fishing. The Pecorama model railway exhibition centre is in Beer.

The geology of the coast line allowed the seafarers of Beer to operate in weather conditions when other towns could not. Its beaches are pebble.

Links

• Beer Stone
• Lyme Regis
• Exeter
• Sidmouth
• Seaton

History

• Jack Rattenbury - the west's most notorious smuggler

External links

• Beer-Devon.co.uk (http://www.beer-devon.co.uk/)
• Devon-online.com (http://www.devon-online.com/towns/beer/beer.html)
• bbc heritage walk subpage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/outdoors/walks/branscombe_cont.shtml)
• Pecorama (http://www.peco-uk.com/pecorama.htm)