Walks and trails
Street by Christopher Milne, the original Christopher Robin in Winnie The Pooh. Go down the steps beside the Cherub
and turn right into Lower Street, which was once on the edge of the Dart. Every building between it and the river stands on reclaimed land.. Further on, on your right, a ramped stone wall bears a plaque to Thomas Newcomen, whose house on this site was demolished to make Newcomen Road.
9. The Horse Ferry: At the far end of Lower Street on the left is the lower ferry slipway. The site of the earliest row-boat ferry to Kingswear, it was replaced in 1834 by the ‘horse ferry’ - also rowed, but capable of taking two horses and carts. Straight ahead, where the road narrows to its original medieval width is Agincourt House, a 14th century building recently restored – now the Bayards Cove Inn. Inside it is a good example of a merchant’s house, with internal courtyard and kitchen at the back.
10. Actors and Pilgrims: Ahead lies Bayards Cove, with its quay and castle dating from the early 16th century. A plaque commemorates the visit of the Pilgrim Fathers here in 1620 en route for New England. The cobbled quay formed the setting for several films including ‘The Onedin Line’.
11. Steamers and Steam Trains: Return past the ferry slipway and turn right along Coles Court which leads to the South Embankment, built in 1885 when Dartmouth was expanding as a bunkering port for steamers. Continued silting up of the river led to the embankment being widened by 6 metres in 1987. Have a close look at the Russian cannon, a trophy of the Crimean War. Walk left along the embankment, past Dartmouth Hospital, to Dartmouth Station, (now a restaurant) which never had a railway line to it. It sold tickets, which included the ferry crossing to Kingswear Station opposite. Return to Darthaven by taking the passenger ferry back across to Kingswear.
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