Short walk from Kingswear to Coleton, Devon 4K UK Travel Video
Set opposite the town of Dartmouth, Kingswear is a charming character village that has some of the most beautiful views across the River Dart.
Set on the banks of the River Dart, Kingswear village is well worth a visit or a stay to take full advantage of the beautiful South Devon countryside.
The Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway terminates here, allowing you take the unique passenger ferry across to Dartmouth - or vice versa. Kingswear castle sits squarely on the rocks perilously close to the sea, and Coleton Fishacre National Trust Property makes for a lovely day out.
Plenty of accommodation, shops, pubs and a slower pace of life than that over the water make Kingswear a great base for all types of holiday.
Kingswear Ferries Dartmouth Devon England Estuary River Dart
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Reg Little talks about his life in Kingswear from 1932 to the present day. (38 minutes)
Reg Little talks about his life in Kingswear from 1932 to the present day.
Includes:
Arriving in Kingswear from Weymouth - his father, Frank Little, worked on the GWR buses which became the Western National
Growing up in Wartime Kingswear:
* The declaration of war - the day after the 1939 regatta finished - the King and Queen attended this regatta and stayed on the Royal Yacht - the Victoria and Albert.....driven by steam. This is when Princess Elizabeth first met Prince Philip.
* The invasion scare after France fell
* Mining of the beaches - except Lighthouse Beach where the local people used to swim
* Bombs dropping - off the railway footbridge in Kingswear, in Duke Street, Dartmouth where he pulled bodies out of the wreckage at the age of 15 - Nobody was protected from the trauma of exposure to death in those days, you just got on with it.
* Reg's brother, Bert, was killed on September 18, 1942 - Noss shipyard was hit and 20 employes were killed
* Small boats went to Dunkerque but the Mew (ferry boat) was considered too deep
* The Royal Dart Hotel was named HMS Cicala - one night Lord Haw Haw (German propagandist) broadcast that HMS Cicala had been sunk - the local people found that very funny.
* The Secret Fleet - bringing back downed pilots from Brittany and taking spies across the English channel and landing them in France - no locals even knew that - there was a saying Be like Dad, Keep Mum !
* Defences - anti aircraft gun Coronation Park, Noss, above the railway line at Hoodown, South Town,
* Building of slipways for landing craft - was the American base. Americans took the BRNC over
* Amusing saying about Americans - over paid, over sexed & over here !
* Landing craft used to leave the river and head for Slapton via out Lyme Bay protected by a couple of old destroyers.
* The local populous from Stoke Fleming to Hallsands and 8 miles inland including Blackawton was evacuated to enable the rehearsals for D-Day.
* One night, 700+ American men died after an attack by German U-Boats and many landing craft were destroyed. It is said that a landing planned for the South of France had to be cancelled because of the number of landing craft that were lost
* Prior to D-Day - full of Americans, landing craft in River - you could walk across the river on boats. The on 6th June they woke and the harbour was empty.
School Days
* Miss Hayward was the Head Teacher of Kingswear School - very good school Miss Hayward good poetry - separate playgrounds for girls and young children seperated by a wall. Saluted the flag on the Flagpole on Empire Day.
* Went to Boys School Victoria Road Dartmouth age 11-14
* War broke out after his first year there - Regatta finished Saturday night and on Sunday morning the war broke out
* Caught ferry to school - the Mew (ferry) ran to a regular timetable - caught the ferry to school at 8:00am. Ferry back midday - came home to lunch. Back to school after lunch. One day going back big german plane flying down through the river - told by the police to go into the Royal Dart Hotel (first time Reg was ever in a pub) while a Spitfire engaged it - the Spitfire was shot down.
Shops and businesses in Kingswear in the 1930s
* Hawkes Stores at the bottom of Wood Lane
* The Dairy
* Fish and Chip Shop
* Coop run by Mr Bisset
* Powsland's Dairy and Grocery
* Bill Kelland's Paper Shop
* Steam Packet Pub
* Mr Hunt's Shoe Shop
* Stanliek's Bakery
* Chemist
* Heal's Tobacconist
* Post Office
* Royal Dart Hotel
* Ship Inn
Robert Little
Reg Little's son
January 2014
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1930s Kingswear, Devon Home Movies, HD from 16mm
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Street scene, Kingswear, Devon. Boat pushing off from pier. Large liner in harbour, boat docking.
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The tide at Kingswear, Devon
High speed film of the tide rising and falling in the River Dart, Devon, England.
Taken from Lower Contour Road, Kingswear.
HERITAGE OF THE SEA: Famous Preserved Ships Around the UK
HERITAGE OF THE SEA: Famous Preserved Ships Around the UK
PETER C. SMITH Book Number: 80505 Product format: Hardback
Britain's naval history is a source of great pride to many people in the UK, even though the days when Britannia ruled the waves are long behind our modern state. The island's past as a seafaring nation is commemorated round its shores by the preservation of historic ships. Admiral Horatio Nelson's HMS Victory is probably the most famous warship in the world and is still a serving unit in the Royal Navy, pictured here undergoing restoration at Portsmouth naval dockyard. The Golden Hinde was Drake's flagship, a race-built galleon that started life under the name Pelican before Drake renamed the ship with a reference to the coat of arms of his patron Sir Christopher Hatton. The Hinde can be seen now at berth on Bankside in the shadow of the Clink prison and adjacent to the pub named after the ship. The SS Great Britain, built in Bristol in the mid-19th century and now on display there, was the first ocean-going vessel to be built of iron, the first large ship to be fitted with a screw-propeller, and at the time she was by far the largest ship afloat. The design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel set the pattern for a new age in shipping. Gipsy Moth IV was the vessel in which Francis Chichester completed the fastest circumnavigation in a small vessel in 1966. His knighthood was conferred by the Queen during the voyage and on his return the ceremony took place using the sword with which Sir Francis Drake had been knighted after circumnavigating with the Golden Hinde. The Royal Yacht Britannia needs no introduction and is one of Edinburgh's greatest attractions. This book covers 48 ships in all, and other famous vessels include Cutty Sark, Belfast, the paddle ship Kingswear Castle and the submarine Ocelot. 164pp, numerous colour photos.
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DARTMOUTH AND THIS ENGLAND
Dartmouth is a historic town in South Devon, England. A tourist destination on the western banks of the River Dart, a long tidal ria navigable for the 12 miles to Totnes. It’s in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, (AONB). Dartmouth was of strategic importance as a deep water port in the days of Sailing Ships. From here the Crusaders departed in 1147 and 1190. Dartmouth has been a “home” for the Royal Navy from the reign of King Edward 3rd. The Royal Naval College where all Royal Navy Officers are trained is still here. To prevent attacks from the sea the estuary of the River Dart was closed every night by a great chain stretched between Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle on the opposite bank – so it was during World War 2! In 1373 Chaucer visited in his “Canterbury Tales”. In 1620 The Pilgrim Fathers sailed in here to the town’s Bayard’s Cove en route to America – the rest is history! Dartmouth contains many medieval streetscapes and historic buildings. The Royal Castle Hotel 1639. The Cherub Pub 1380. Dartmouth featured in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. “Greenway” the home of Sir Francis Drake - in the 20th. Century became the home of Novelist Dame Agatha Christie.
Class 66 diesel hauled Royal Scot to Kingswear stops at Reading. Sep 09
An excursion from Paddington to Kingswear stops at Reading platform 5. A few HSTs pass by before it pulls out towards Reading West and joins the Hants & Berks line.
UK Railtours West Countryman service. A 3 day trip to Devon & Cornwall. The coach formation is known as the Royal Scot.
Kingswear is a village and civil parish in the South Hams area of the English county of Devon. The village is located on the east bank of the tidal River Dart, close to the river's mouth and opposite the small town of Dartmouth. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Kingswear is noted for being the railhead for Dartmouth, a role continued to this day by the presence of the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway in the village. Two vehicle ferries and one pedestrian ferry provide links to Dartmouth.
Empty boat towed into Dartmouth Harbour Devon England Kingsweir Castle
March 2015
SteamPacket Inn Dartmouth
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River Ferry: Reedham chain ferry, Norfolk UK, 19 October 2017
It isn't exactly deep-sea, but it is a commercial vessel earning its living afloat - Reedham Ferry in the heart of rural Norfolk, UK. There's been a ferry here since the 1700's, and the present service is thriving . . It's a chain ferry, capable of carrying 3 cars, or commercial vehicle up to 12 tonnes maximum weight:
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Paddle Steamer Tattershall Castle Victoria Embankment London 30th October 2005
In 1934 William Gray & Company of West Hartlepool, built the Tattershall Castle for the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER), which was later amalgamated into British Rail. Built specifically for use as a passenger ferry on the River Humber, operating between Hull and New Holland, she was launched on 24th September 1934 by Miss Pamela Wilson, daughter of Sir Murrough Wilson, Chairman of LNER. The Tattershall Castle was licensed to carry 1050 passengers, as well as provision to carry a limited amount of vehicles, livestock and cargo. At a length of 209ft (63.3m) and a gross tonnage of 556 tonnes, she was powered by a triple expansion diagonal reciprocating steam engine, and would normally do the four mile journey eight times a day.
She was one of three sister ships – the Tattershall Castle, the Wingfield Castle and the later Lincoln Castle – all working the New Holland route. The Wingfield Castle is now berthed in Hartlepool, and the Lincoln Castle was scrapped in 2010 in the Alexandra Dock Grimsby.
Tattershall Castle was purchased by the ‘Chef & Brewer’ group, who immediately sent her down to the River Medway for major repair work on her hull. In 1975 she opened as the capitals first floating art gallery launched by the Mayor of London.
Falling profits as an art gallery see her sold by the Chef & Brewer group and she opened for business as a bar and restaurant on 8th August 1982.
In 2003 she was towed to George Prior Engineering yard in Great Yarmouth for an extensive overhaul which saw large viewing windows cut in her port side forward lounge and both paddle wheels removed which created more space for customers. Fortunately her triple expansion steam engines still remain onboard and can be viewed via large viewing windows.
Another change of ownership in 2005 sees the Tattershall Castle firmly established as a floating bar /diner at the Victoria embankment.
In 2015 the Tattershall Castle returns to Hull under new ownership for an overhaul costing in excess of £1.5 million. She is given a new colour scheme and her interiors refurbished to a high standard.
In 2017 Tattershall Castle, was moved in order to make way for the Tideway Super Sewer clean-up of the River Thames at a cost of £1 million.
Out of the three Humber Paddle Steamers undoubtedly Tattershall Castle has had the most successful second career since her sailing days ended.
Why not join the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society today-new members are always welcome.
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Noss Shipyard, Philip & Son, Kingswear - WW2 History
Noss Shipyard, Philip & Son, Kingswear - WW2 History - bombed, September 18th 1941. There were 29 killed and many more injured. Amongst the dead was my uncle, Herbert George Little, brother of Reg and Frank (Jack) Little.
Ocean Princess turns in her own length, Dartmouth, 8 August 2010
shows the Ocean Princess heading up river on leaving Dartmouth to turn in her own length between the Dart Marina and the Sandquay naval dockyard. There is only just enough width of river to make the turn.
No tug is used. Ocean Princess appears only to have bow thrusters, so makes the turn amazingly well under the command of the Dartmouth Pilot.
Places to see in ( Ottery St Mary - UK )
Places to see in ( Ottery St Mary - UK )
Ottery St Mary, known as Ottery, is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about 10 miles east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of West Hill, Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John and Wiggaton, had a population of 7,692. The population of the urban area alone at the 2011 census was 4,898. There are two electoral wards in Ottery (Rural & Town). The total population of both wards, including the adjacent civil parish of Aylesbeare, at the above census was 9,022. Ottery is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as 'Otri' and 'Otrei'. 'Oteri Sancte Marie' is first mentioned in 1242. The town takes its name from the River Otter on which it stands, the river taking its name from the animal. The 'St Mary' element refers to the fact that the town belonged to the church of St Mary in Rouen in 1086.
The town was the birthplace of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, where his father, the Reverend John Coleridge, was a vicar. The diplomat Sir Ernest Satow spent his retirement (1906–29) here at a house called Beaumont, which still stands. Sir Ernest was buried in the churchyard; there is a commemorative plaque to him in the church.
Ottery's notable buildings include the Tumbling Weir and St Mary's church. The town is the site of The King's School, now a comprehensive school, a former grammar school founded in 1545 by Henry VIII, and Ottery St Mary Primary School.
The town as it now stands, comprises of several independent shops, mainly in Mill Street, Silver Street and Yonder Street. An area known as 'The Square', is the heart of Ottery St Mary. There are pubs, restaurants, coffee and tea rooms. Ottery provides services, employment and a wide range of shopping for local residents as well as visitors from nearby villages, towns and often visitors coming from further afield and abroad. Historical Features are within walking distance from parking areas allowing residents and visitors to enjoy both history and shopping together.
Until 1967 the town was served by Ottery St Mary railway station, which was closed under the Beeching Axe. The line ran from Sidmouth Junction on the main line from Exeter to Waterloo to the north of Ottery and to Sidmouth and Exmouth to the south. The line split just south of Tipton St John, near the Bowd Inn. The first line to go was the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton line, which originally connected to the Exeter line. Subsequently the line from Sidmouth to Sidmouth Junction was closed under Beeching. For many years the path of the railway, with the rails removed, remained in place, with evidence of the railway gates at places such as north of Cadhay Bridge.
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Sea Train Adventurer, Torquay, Devon
Torbay Belle across to Brixham and then Dartmouth, ferry to Kingswear, steam train to Paignton, then ferry back to Torquay.
Dartmouth England harbor
Arrived here today Thursday 9/6/12
BANKS OF THE RIVER DART (PART 10) NOSS MARINA TO CABLE CAR FERRY, DARTMOUTH UK.
The Dartmouth Higher Ferry, also known as the Dartmouth--Kingswear Floating Bridge, is a vehicular cable ferry which crosses the River Dart in the English county of Devon. It is one of three ferries that cross the tidal river from Dartmouth to Kingswear, the others being the Lower Ferry and the Passenger Ferry.
Unlike the Lower Ferry, which operates from slips in the centres of both Dartmouth and Kingswear, the Higher Ferry crosses to the north. In doing so, it allows the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Torbay to bypass the narrow streets in the centre of Kingswear and Dartmouth.
The eastern ferry slip of the Higher Ferry is immediately adjacent to the Britannia Crossing, a level crossing across the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway. All vehicles entering or leaving the ferry must cross this crossing.
The ferry is owned and operated by the Dartmouth--Kingswear Floating Bridge Company, and a toll is charged. The previous ferry boat, named No. 7, was built in 1960 and could carry up to 18 cars. Unusually, although it used cables for guidance, it was actually propelled by paddle wheels, a characteristic it shared with the Bac du Sauvage in France.Bridge Company signed a contract for the construction of a replacement ferry. This ferry, which can carry up to 36 cars, came into service in late June 2009. Unlike the previous ferry, the new ferry is a more conventional cable ferry, using the cables for propulsion as well as guidance. However, it is also provided with four thrusters, one positioned at each corner, in order to provide additional manoeuvrability when operating in strong winds and tidal conditions.
Lower Ferry at Dartmouth, Devon
The Lower Ferry crosses the River Dart between Dartmouth and Kingswear