In the inter-war years holidays became more popular with ordinary people so that by the Second World War almost 15 million people regularly sought relaxation at the seaside and not always suited and booted or wearing an obligatory hat. More affluent people visited the remoter parts of the Westcountry. The beaches, as you may ascertain, were less crowded. Bantham village remains largely untouched in Devon's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of the South Hams.