stoke gabriel is a village and parish in devon, england, situated on a creek of the river dart. the village is a popular tourist destination in the south hams and is famous for its mill pond and crab fishing (known colloquially as "crabbing"). it is equidistant from paignton, dartmouth and totnes, and has a population of approximately 1,200, reducing slightly to 1,107 at the 2011 census. the village is the major part of the electoral ward of east dart. the ward population at the abovementioned census was 1,877.