The Rise and Fall of Britain's Wealthiest Seaside Town: Salcombe

This is the story of a harbour town that turned itself into England's most desired shoreline — and was then hollowed out by the very demand it created. A Salcombe reckoning of luxury developers, second-home buyers, £1.24 million average house prices, a 45.3 percent stock of empty homes, and the January silence left behind when a town built for 1,600 people empties out under its own name.