Dawlish Warren attracts visitors because of the birds and plants on the nature reserve and (especially once warmer weather returns) the long sandy beach.
But there are also magnificent views. Southwest is the sandstone cliff with a natural arch at Langstone Rock, screening Dawlish itself from sight.
In the distance across the estuary is Starcross. The building here with the tall tower is not a church, but the one-time home of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Atmospheric Engine – a scheme to power a railway without locomotives by using air pressure.