64 DARTMOUTH VISITOR CENTRE
The award-winning Dartmouth Visitor Centre, located alongside Royal Avenue Garden and close to the famous ‘boat float’, is the welcoming face of Dartmouth.
Our staff, which numbers over 20 dedicated volunteers, have excellent local knowledge and are delighted to help visitors and residents by recommending attractions, local events, restaurants, pubs and accommodation advice.
Additionally, our well stocked repository of regional maps, books on Dartmouth and that must have ’take home’ magnet, is the place to stop, plan and pick up your Dartmouth momento.
Our volunteers will help direct you on self-guided tours of the town and also put you in touch with our town crier for a guided tour for yourself or your group.
Our building is located within the Mayor’s Avenue car park in town, easy to get to stop by and let us make your experience in Dartmouth the best it can be! You can visit our site at
www.exploredartmouth.co.uk for the up to the minute information on where to stay, places to go, things to do and how to begin to explore.
Thomas Newcomen Memorial
Engine At the visitor centre you’ll find a working Newcomen atmospheric steam engine – invented here in Dartmouth by local man, Thomas Newcomen, who was actually an iron monger by trade. This engine, and 2,000 like it, started the industrial revolution that changed the world we live in.
Built in the mid 1700s, it was used by the Coventry Canal Company for pumping water into a Warwickshire canal. It was reassembled in the Dartmouth Visitor Centre in 1963 by the Newcomen Society and is visited by engineers from around the world. The engine room features a fascinating video, presented by Adam Hart-Davis, and you can actually see the engine work! Admission to the engine room is free.
Combine this with a visit to the nearby Dartmouth Museum and explore their exhibition rooms detailing the story of Thomas Newcomen and the engines that changed the world, featuring the incredible collection of model atmospheric engines designed and built by David Hulse over a 50 year period.
MAYOR’S AVENUE, DARTMOUTH, TQ6 9YY Tel: 01803 834224 Opening hours: 5 days a week winter season, 7 days a week summer season Please check website for details
www.exploredartmouth.co.uk
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