Salcombe locals priced out by most expensive seaside homes in UK

Average cost of property in Devon town reached 1,244,025 last year, driven by second home owners

Don't hate me," said Theo Spink of the view from her office on Tuesday afternoon, but the sun is shining, there's a gentle breeze, people are arriving for Easter, eating ice-cream. It's all rather charming."

If the town of Salcombe, situated on the neck of a narrow estuary in south Devon, sounds idyllic, that is because it really, really is", she said. When the sun shines, you could be in the Mediterranean. It is that beautiful."