FKK resorts exist around the world and other European countries have a liberal approach to public nudity. Freikoerperkultur or FKK meaning Free Body Culture is a German movement endorsing a naturistic approach to life combining nature and nudity. A landslip has made Pilchard Cove harder to reach and most settle for the nether regions of Slapton Sands. The beach at Pilchard Cove in Devon to the north of Slapton Sands Nature Reserve has been an unofficial nudist beach since the 1930s.
Naturists use this section of beach and locals and Strete Parish Council are concerned about the complaints and have agreed to take a closer look. In the late fifties and early sixties the fight to decriminalise homosexuality is stepped up but attitudes are slow to change even with the advent of a more sexually free society.
Complaints have come in about Pilchard Cove possibly because of the far end being a meeting place for the gay community, still a risky business in 1961.
