Elberry Cove

Elberry Cove
Beach
The disused bath-house at Elberry Cove.[1]
Coordinates: 50°24′09″N 3°32′44″W / 50.4025°N 3.5456°W / 50.4025; -3.5456
Location	Devon, England
Offshore water bodies	Elberry Cove, English Channel

Elberry Cove, also known as Elbury Cove, is a shingle beach surrounded by woodland and fields, that lies between Brixham and Paignton in Devon, England. It is important for its eelgrass beds,^[2] breeding grounds for native seahorses, as well as mussels that are farmed in the waters nearby. It is on the South West Coast Path.^{[citation needed]}

The coast around Elberry Cove is generally sheltered from the wind so is popular with water skiers. A ski lane is provided in the summer months.^{[citation needed]}

At its eastern end are the ruins of Elberry bathhouse, which was built for Lord Churston in the 18th century, when seawater bathing became fashionable after George III took a dip at Weymouth. Standing three stories high, with the ground floor being flooded when the tide rose, the lord could swim into the sea through a gated doorway, preserving his dignity. The buildings also held a "hot-bath" room where seawater was heated and pumped in.^{[citation needed]}

The cove features in one of Agatha Christie’s novels, The ABC Murders, as the setting of Sir Carmichael Clarke’s untimely death.^{[citation needed]}