Dartmouth
Bridge, all now places to eat, drink or sleep! The Butterwalk with its host of mythological beasties was built with timbers from captured ships, in the Tourist Information Centre you can view an original atmospheric beam engine, invented here by Thomas Newcomen to pump water out of mines and thus helping the start of the Industrial Revolution.
As its name suggests the town sits along the majestic River Dart. Sir Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis left on their perilous voyages of discovery from Dartmouth, whilst Sir Walter Raleigh brought his captured Spanish treasure ships back here. Famously this is also the harbour that the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from in 1620 when they set sail in the ‘Mayflower’ for the Americas. The Naval College was first established here in 1863 with the ships ‘Britannia’ and ‘Hindustan’ moored off Sandquay whilst the shore based Britannia Royal Naval College was opened in 1905. More recently the town sheltered every type of naval craft during the Second World War before the invasion and 480 vessels sailed for the beaches of Normandy in 1944.
You can re-live this unique seafaring history by exploring streets with such intriguing names as Jawbones, Flagon Steps, Damnation Alley, Undercliff, Kings Quay, Old Rope Walk and Waterpool Lane. You’ll stumble across quaint, quirky buildings like the Ship Inn Dock, Sloping Deck, The Captain’s House, The Windjammer and The Floating
Kingsbridge is a vibrant working town, not just a holiday centre, and has a varied selection of shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs which are open all year. The major crowd pulling events in town are the Music Festival, held during June and Fair Week, by tradition in July. When there are late balmy autumns and early springs the town is very much open for business ‘out of season’ and with Kingsbridge now awarded accreditation as the very first walkers are welcome town in Devon, it offers a whole year round interest for visitors.
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