Water skiers at Shaldon demonstrate skills on the estuary of the River Teign in a designated area near Coombe Cellars. Shaldon is a fishing village opposite Teignmouth and the river hosts commercial and pleasure boats. Shaldon developed as a shipping port with its shipyards providing some of the men-of-war battleships used in the Napoleonic Wars. Today its quaint location and it having one of the oldest ferry crossings in England make it a delightful tourist destination.