DARTMOUTH | Discovering coastal holiday town of Dartmouth Devon

Dartmouth is a charming British coastal holiday town located close to Torquay, Paignton and Brixham in the county of Devon in South West England. A real favourite for Devon holidays and breaks Dartmouth has boat trips, a castle, a Naval College and more! Let's explore Dartmouth together and see why people holiday here.
Dartmouth is situated on the banks of the River Dart, which flows out to the English Channel. The town has a rich maritime history and has long been a popular holiday destination for both domestic and international travelers. Here are some reasons why you should consider holidaying in Dartmouth:
Scenic location: Dartmouth is nestled in a beautiful part of the country, with rolling hills, green valleys, and stunning coastlines all within easy reach. The town itself is surrounded by stunning countryside, with beautiful beaches, cliffs, and moors all within a short drive. The River Dart is also a highlight, with its clear waters and picturesque surroundings.
Rich history: Dartmouth has a long and fascinating history dating back to the 11th century. It was a major port and naval base during the Middle Ages and played a significant role in the country's maritime history. Today, the town is home to a number of historical landmarks and attractions, including Dartmouth Castle, which dates back to the 13th century, and the Naval College, which was founded in the 19th century.
Cultural attractions: Dartmouth is home to a number of cultural attractions, including galleries, museums, and theaters. The town also hosts a number of festivals and events throughout the year, including the Dartmouth Music Festival, the Dartmouth Food Festival, and the Dartmouth Royal Regatta, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious regattas in the world.
Outdoor activities: Dartmouth is an outdoor enthusiast's paradise, with a range of activities on offer, including hiking, cycling, fishing, and water sports. The South West Coast Path runs through the town, offering stunning views and challenging walks. The town is also home to a number of golf courses, as well as a number of other sports facilities.
Delicious food and drink: Devon is known for its delicious food and drink, and Dartmouth is no exception. The town is home to a number of restaurants, cafes, and pubs, serving up a range of local specialties, including seafood, locally-produced meats, and artisanal cheeses. The town is also home to a number of breweries and distilleries, producing a range of beers, ciders, and spirits.
Overall, Dartmouth is a charming and picturesque town with a rich history, a range of cultural attractions, and plenty of outdoor activities on offer. It is the perfect holiday destination for those looking to relax, explore, and enjoy all that Devon has to offer.
Since 1863, Dartmouth has been the home of initial Naval Officer training in the UK. Today, it is the only remaining Naval College in the country.
Besides being nationally known as one of the prettiest coastal towns in the UK, Dartmouth has much more to offer than just beautiful scenery and gorgeous streets.
An idyllic place to relax and unwind, whether shop-hopping or walking along watching the boats bob on the beautiful River Dart, Dartmouth is a visitor's dream. Dartmouth is one of the most beautiful towns in the country, but good looks aren't all - the town has a strong sense of community and it's not surprising that more and more people want to live here.
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[@cannyexplorer5357]

We often take a day trip to Dartmouth. Bus 120 from Paignton to Kingswear then short walk downhill to the ferry over to Dartmouth. Spend time at our favourite cafe which is tucked away up one of the side streets near the church. Going back the long way by bus 92 from Dartmouth to Totnes then back to the outskirts of Paignton. Scenic day out when the weather is clear.

[@jenwing3011]

Another fabulous video thank you, I also find the snipits of conversation picked up amusing.. as I do in everyday life when out and about, my elderly Mum often says "we will never find out what that was about" 😆

[@GimbalWalkTV]

ha ha yes!! I love that You can pick up some really interesting nuggets of conversation can't you 🤣

[@janetturner7489]

Have been to Dartmouth on the way to Greenaway, A. Christie house, worth a visit. Liked the town here, wouldn't mind going back.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Definitely Am gonna film here again in summer

[@margaretjenner9299]

Just discovered your channel - loving the content and so nice to be able to watch without music spoiling the experience, and hearing the natural sounds of birds and the sea rolling in. love the information given in sub titles - just perfect. Thank you. Dartmouth is one of our favourite places to go to, and look forward to visiting later in the year.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you so much! Sometimes I drop the odd bit of music onto my videos - but only if the crazy wind has ruined the natural sound recording

[@cornishpixie369]

Love your videos, I live on the bank of the River Dart towards Totnes, so not far from Dartmouth. When you next visit Dartmouth, at the cannon, walk forward past the telephone box and turn left. Past the slip to the car ferry There is a lovely street, with many Tudor buildings, down to the Bayard's Cove/Quay.old maritime area...keep up the good work!!..😄

[@elainehowell2836]

Thanks for showing us around Dartmouth and it is nice place to go and stay for a holiday and all lovely buildings and beaches and the seagulls as well and the shops and restaurants and boats and I bet it will be busy in the summer time thanks Neil

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you so much Elaine Have a lovely weekend ❤️❤️

[@christineschindelhauer3705]

Really enjoying watching it, I was born in the UK, but am watching from down under, south Australia....love it...

[@desmondweekes8271]

I never bein to Dartmouth I hear it’s quite good especially the harbour and town centre

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

You definitely have to go back in the summer. Walk out to the castle and take the ferry back. Or take the steam train from Kingswear to Paignton. Such a beautiful town. A hidden gem. My home. Thank you.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Defintiely going back in summer!

[@suejordan8770]

Love Dartmouth, lived there in the 1950s, right on the river front. Lots of lovely memories. Always visit when I can.

[@geoffreyfreitag1276]

Thanks for showing, I have not been there. It looks good to visit. I am thinking of going to that part of the coastline so maybe I might go there and take the ferry rides.

[@bexhil7]

Another great & fantastic & intresting video of DARTMOUTH | Discovering coastal holiday town of Dartmouth Devon!.💚💚

[@terrychivers5831]

Worked in Dartmouth from 1975 to 1977 and have been back to visit many times since - a simply sublime town. Thanks for this excellent portrait of the place!

[@janetmccoy7818]

Thoroughly enjoyed that saunter around especially as I accidentally came across the video and it’s very current. I love Dartmouth out of season and was very pretty for Xmas.

[@mickbutler9407]

Another great video looks a lovely place to visit thanks for showing us around there

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you too

[@WendyBoard-v7r]

Stayed in Dartmouth many many times it is a wonderful place. Thanks again for another lovely journey through memory lane

[@sharronlewis3429]

🇬🇧❤️ I've been to Devon many times, but never been to Dartmouth, but I tell everyone, when I retire, that's wear I'm going to live, buy the sea. Beautiful. 🎀

[@RichardHaywardMelbourne]

I'm with you! A lovely place to retire!

[@SmR8008]

If you turn right at the cannon and follow the river seaward for 5 mins, you will come across Bayards cove fort, with some interesting houses en route.😊

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I was so looking forward to going there too Thought it was miles away, so went and jumped in the car, set off and there was road closures so thought I'd never get to it and left!

[@martinhammond6349]

@@GimbalWalkTV Your very first camera shot was looking directly at Bayards Cove. Parts of the television series The Coroner was filmed there.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

@@martinhammond6349 So annoyed by that as I really wanted to film there and couldn't get to it by car as the road was blocked off that day 🤣

[@LynneUK1]

We went on a cruise down the Dart from Totnes to Dartmouth many years ago, we saw the Naval College and Agatha Christie's house peeping out of the trees. It's a beautiful area to visit. The day we were there it was scorching hot.

[@B.landon]

Thanks for going to Dartmouth, grew up in the town, in fact my whole family did, remember running around these streets as a kid, fishing on the seafront and playing footy at Coronation Park plus getting up to general mischief, remember falling in the boat float when I was jumping from boat to boat, fortunately the tide was out far enough. 😀 👍

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ha ha amazing! Happy times!

[@brokervc1]

We love Dartmouth we would go for their Christmas celebration because we lived in Paignton, and we always went to Brixham and Torquay, Thanks for all these great videos so far everywhere you've gone we've been.

[@yvonnebox4628]

Yes the seagulls are very noisy. Perhaps they just need to be fed more !! We have seagulls also but are not as noisy!! Beautiful Area. Love to see all the boats. Thanks.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ha ha true There’s signs saying definitely don’t feed them but I always feel sorry for them 🤣

[@amed4eva]

They are not actually that noisy, it sounds more noisy on the videos.

[@colinlee1801]

Dartmouth is lovely, been there many times, there is a nostalgic steam train that runs from Paignton to Kingswear across the river mouth. Good places to eat and drink locally. A very nice day out. There is also a ferry that runs up the river Dart to Totnes which is also a town worth visiting and a good boat ride too.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Can't wait to go back and try those!

[@davidsheriff8989]

Been here many times between '86 and 2007, sailed from Totnes & Torquay...beautifil spot, one of the best in UK.

[@tangatoto362]

A lovely spot indeed ( especially in springtime) . On our first visit ( to stay in Kingswear) in 2010 we were thrilled to find a cruise ship in the estuary, just out from the ferry pontoon. A rare event indeed, not that this delightful area needs any embellishment what with the steam train, paddle steamer and NT properties nearby, we’ve been back 4 times to stay. Thanks from Oz 🦘🇦🇺

[@aijazahmad4289]

Very nice city. Wish I could be there

[@thebard9786]

The last time I visited Dartmouth, the ship from the Onedin Line was moored up in the harbour. They also had a restaurant called Fairfax that provided a great service. It was about 1971, but I can still recall that wonderful place. 😀

[@janetmccoy7818]

Thoroughly enjoyed that saunter around especially as I accidentally came across the video and it’s very current. I love Dartmouth ot of season and was very pretty for Xmas.

[@mollymagooderby]

Loved Dartmouth we travelled from Paignton to Dartmouth ( and return on the steam train

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I need to do the steam train don’t it? Hearing so much about it

[@susanjones5322]

We stopped off at Dartmouth on the way to a campsite a few miles away. It's lovely to see the bits we missed. Had a great holiday in Devon. West Bay was amazing, and Lynton and Lynmouth. Lovely memories of these places. Thank you so much.

[@jaquelinerennoldson2239]

Just been there on a trip in October last year its a lovely place we visited 😊

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Definitely - lovely place ❤️

[@dottydot8058]

my great aunt moved there from london been dead many a year but a really nice place

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yes very

[@kirstymackenzie2437]

Thanks for this Neil. Never been there, but looks a lovely seaside town. You were lucky not to catch any rain! 🙄

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you! Was between heavy rain storms 🤣

[@corinnemachin1723]

Signing up for bandstands to be used more. Loving the birds.

[@RichardHaywardMelbourne]

Delightful walk and your video is an excellent introduction to a lovely seaside town. The highlight of course was the fish cages. I was waiting for the moment when nausea caused by the smell would have you lose balance and topple over into the murky waters of the Dart River. Alas, that did not happen. My favourite building was the grand Royal Castle Hotel, which is spectacular. I am very tempted by the apple pies in the windows of the Sloping Deck Restaurant (I had to look that one up in Google Maps). I am hoping to visit this town one day.

[@stevec8433]

You need to go on the paddle steamer , the boat trip up the coast and also the steam train to Paignton in the summer. The cafe that looks like a railway station was built for Brunel so his trains would go to Dartmouth It is the original building.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Definitely going to do that in summer

[@paulinefearnley9379]

Loved this visit to Dartmouth some stunning buildings. Loved the smelly lobster pots 😂😂 and the birds singing keep on walking 🚶🏻👍❤️

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks so much 😊

[@MossyJester]

I live there right now lol and having my childhood there is honestly so fun, I live on one of the boats and waking up this perfect town is such a dream!

[@brutaltooth3900]

Haven't been but it looks lovely and I really like the fact the sea gulls are so vocal! If you'd dropped a biscuit you'd have been mobbed - I only know this because I did just that in Whiotby once and you should have heard the noise - well I did throw them a few haha😁 Thanks for another great walk.

[@cannyexplorer5357]

When you visit just keep your takeaway food close to you and covered as those gulls are well known to grab everything edible, even the flake from your icecream as you eat it.😊

[@brutaltooth3900]

@@cannyexplorer5357 It's funny you should say that. In Whitby a gull flew down and grabbed the fish that was lay on top of my fish and chips tray as I was walking. When the fish fell to the floor, it went mental polishing it off, but you know with that open and closing beak as the fish was still hot lol. People around found it hilarious! 😂

[@stephenlahan3619]

Thank Neil my first time at Dartmouth keep up good work don't go to close to the edge 😁

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣 at the start I tried to film a cannon I bent down a bit then moved backwards to get it all in Felt my foot disappear and realised i was backing up over the edge 😂😂😂

[@ianrowe9337]

An interesting place Neil, the Butter Walk reminded me of Chesterfield & i love the Boats too ...

[@taxisss]

One of my favourite places on earth

[@richardpettet9996]

Been a few times to Dartmouth via steam train from Paignton then boat trip to Totnes. Great place to wander round. Agatha Christie's house is the other side of the Dart.

[@peterarmstrong5573]

We really enjoyed your video of Dartmouth.It’s a place we are hoping to visit in May. We have never been to Devon before,always gone to St.Ives in Cornwall. This year we thought we would have a change. We will be staying at Salcomb and hope to visit Dartmouth,so the video has been very helpful. Thank you for sharing. Have you done any videos on Salcomb?

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I have it should be on the channel in a day or two

[@jimjeffries8804]

Just looked through a few videos ,can't see Weymouth,this is one you should consider if you have not already done so.we get around a lot of the coast line in our motorhome,,getting back to the videos now 🥰

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Good idea - have added to my list Jim!

[@BB49.]

The platform 1 restaurant was actually the train station for the railway that was never built as I believe Permission could not be got to build a bridge across the river Dart thus no railway line ever came to Dartmouth and the station is all that remains

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Wow! I thought it was a railway station but didn’t want to suggest it That’s amazing

[@danielferris7960]

@@GimbalWalkTV As a local I can confirm this. It remained an official fully functioning railway station that never saw a single yard of track right up until British Rail sold the line from Paignton to Kingswear in the 1970s. The Tim Traveller KZbin channel has a great video on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpSzo6BricdgiaM

[@margcollins7961]

I've only discovered your videos today and was very interested, I went to Dartmouth 4 years ago, we wanted to go to the castle first and the sign said it was situated in the town, but it was wrong!. We decided to walk to it, thinking it would be a short walk, we ended up walking nearly an hour, it's quite a way from the town, but did finally find it at mouth of the estuary looking out to sea 🌊. We had to pay admission in the giftshop which had the most gorgeous view through a big glass window by the till, I just stood there for ages just staring at the view!, we had good look round the castle and one of the staff told us there was a small boat ferry every twenty to forty minutes which takes you back to the harbour in the town. I wish we'd known about it as it would've saved us a very long and tiring walk, I loved Dartmouth and would love to go again if get a chance!. It was nice to see your very recent video there and can see that it hasn't changed that much even with the pandemic, seeing a lot of shops and businesses close. I like your channel and can't wait to see where you go next!.

[@pennyholland703]

Look, s lovely been with parents a long time ago.

[@ellenkellett6529]

Dartmouth is the only town in uk that as a train station but never had any trains going to it it's a lovely town experience to buy property there

[@lientoo]

Thank you for the walk. Lovely and interesting ❤️

[@GimbalWalkTV]

My pleasure 😊

[@enginalkan1880]

Very good video. Quality of the video amazing. Thanks. Good job

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you too!

[@kesterwarden5822]

Great video as always mate I love this area visit it every year nice to see it out of season will be good to compare it if you do it in the holiday season and I would love it if you did film the steam train trip its such a great route along the sea and the steam boat trip witch I will have to do this year have you been to Totnes its another great place to visit just up the river all the best and keep up the great work

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Definitely going to do that in summer 👍👍❤️

[@davemanley1311]

Loved the sound of seagulls

[@julieeagles4899]

Kings ware looks beautiful

[@GimbalWalkTV]

It does!

[@elibezerra3484]

I liked so much these videos. I’ll be there one day if God willing!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

❤️❤️❤️

[@barrieforte2588]

You're out of season and you seem to be walking in the road a lot, I wonder what it could be like in full season as the footpaths, like a lot of old English seaside towns, are very narrow. nice vid. The next one would be from the town centre walking all the way to Blackpool Beach a long walk

[@cjr1951]

My husband and I used to live in Brixham until 4 yrs ago when we moved back up country when he got ill . Sadly he died this January . . We used to go over on the ferry regularly and buy fish and chips from Rock fish . We would sit on a bench under the wooden shelter looking out over the water . Then my husband would have ice cream from the little shop next to Rockfish as you came up off the ferry . Then we would drive to Slapton Sands before returning home .

[@diantiwaring8569]

I been to Dartmouth before and It was so nice

[@nealt992]

Love Dartmouth. Been many times and never driven in once. Get the steam train from Paignton or the boat from Torquay/Brixham.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ahh didn’t know you could do that! Thank you!

[@tonywest1067]

Love Dartmouth it gets very busy in the summer parking get bad so the last couple of times we used the steam train fron painton also if its not to choppy the ferry from Torquay I'm like you don't like getting to near the edge

[@bocachucka]

I really like your videos. The slow pace gives plenty of time to take it all in. Are you going to Kingswear?

[@GimbalWalkTV]

In summer definitely

[@nicolahickman5551]

I've been to Dartmouth a few times on day trips via the steam train when holidaying nearby. It's a lovely picturesque town but each time I've gone it's always been either overcast or wet 🌧😂

[@frederickchase]

Lived in Dartmouth as a boy before "getting away" into the RN. Much has changed but the biggest shock of all was to see that Dave's Cafe in Foss Street is now a knicker shop. Did anyone see a bank?

[@debsbennett5632]

Thanks for showing our favourite place- just for the benefit of people who won't know, the toilets on the embankment are 20p and card payment but there are free toilets in the market just further along from the buttermilk.

[@lynnballington8467]

Hello Neil how are you love your vidio best wishes take care stay safe xx

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks Lynn Am good - halfway through the January challenge and doing good! Got some lovely places filmed!

[@ddunn3489]

👍👍👍👩‍🦯👨‍🦯🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️Thanks again !!

[@julieeagles4899]

Never been here Have now kinda!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

👍👍❤️

[@pavelkorsak]

I have not been this place recently before but I would imagine if I went there one day.

[@mervinwaynegabriel192]

I haven't seen one black person wow