Project Investment: £22m

Completion Date: September 2006

Partners: Living Coasts, Whitbread, SWERDA, GOSW, Torbay Council

Torquay harbourside is widely recognised as the heart of the town and is often referred to as Torquay’s ‘town square’.  A focus for a wide range of maritime activities and businesses, the area is also a hub for restaurants, cafes, specialist shopping and entertainment.

The regeneration comprised three phases of work, the last of which was completed in September 2006 and the result is a transformed waterfront with many new features and a revitalised destination now being enjoyed by a wide range of businesses and users.  The many elements of the development are:

• Cill holding water in the tidal inner harbour
• Stylish harbour footbridge
• Business units on Beacon Quay
• Living Coasts visitor attraction
• Brewer’s Fayre family restaurant
• Enhanced quayside facilities for watersports and visiting vessels
• New slipway
• Improved car parking
• Heritage walkway overlooking WWII slipways
• ‘Vanishing Point’ public art feature

Phase three of the work, quay widening and the new slipway, was completed in September 2006 so the all new Torquay Waterfront has been enjoying its first season in full operation in 2007.   It is the venue for nearly 50 maritime events a year, including the Honda Powerboat Championships.  It is the home to a number of maritime businesses and it is a thriving hub for visitors and resident alike.