South Devon National Landscape | Dartmouth town trail (1m)

Dartmouth town trail – Discover the heritage of the town

A 2 hour walk gentle walk around the town of Dartmouth taking in historic features of interest. There is an audio guide for this walk which is best listened to along the route via the South Devon National Landscape walks webpage.

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Overview

Start

Duke St, Dartmouth. TQ6 9PZ

Distance

1 miles

Difficulty

Easy - moderate; A steep climb

Terrain

Level pavements and surfaced roads

Parking

Mayors Avenue car park, Dartmouth. TQ6 9NG (length of stay restricted May-Sep). High season option – Dartmouth Park and Ride. Proceed to Mayor’s Avenue car park for start of walk.

OS map

Explorer OL20

Grid Reference

SX 877 513

Public transport

Buses to Kingswear and Dartmouth – www.travelinesw.com; Steam train to Kingswear www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk Ferry details above

Refreshments

In Dartmouth

Toilets

In Royal Avenue gardens

Directions

Start – The Sloping deck
Cross the road towards the entrance of Royal Avenue Gardens.
After exploring Royal Avenue gardens, return the the entrance and, keeping on the pavement, walk to the corner of the car park.
Follow the road round to the right into Mayors Avenue. Turn left into King’s Quay. Follow until the end then turn right and walk to the end of Clarence St.
Return back along Clarence St. and then fork right up Clarence Hill.
Turn left where the road forks uphill and go down Brown’s steps to your left. At the bottom, turn right and cross the road into the market square. After exploring, leave with the Dolphin Inn on your left to go through to Foss St. Turn right, crossing Victoria Road, into Anzac St.
Continue past the church.
Turn right along Higher St. then down the steps beside teh Cherub Inn and turn right onto Lower St.
Continue to the far end of Lower St.
Return past the ferry slipway and turn right along Coles Court. Walk left along the embankment to the start.