The river in actual fact has two tributaries – the West and East Dart, which merge together at Dartmeet. The source of the West Dart is just over a mile north of Rough Tor (50.612628, -3.967122), from where it travels down through the valley towards Wistman’s Wood. After it flows under the B3212 at Two Bridges, it then meanders towards Huccaby Bridge at Hexworthy before arriving at Dartmeet.
Originally posted 2022-11-20 16:47:13.
The simple answer is that it was used as a booking office to buy train tickets, but I suppose you’re now wondering why you would want to buy a train ticket at a booking office where there were no trains. Well, the answer to this is also quite simple, or at least up to a point.
Basically, Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s railway line to Torbay stopped at Torre, and the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Company was formed to extend it to Dartmouth via Torquay, Paignton, Brixham Road (now Churston) and Kingswear, but the proposed bridge across the River Dart was beset by problems and so the railway line terminated at Kingswear.
Originally posted 2021-05-05 17:02:40.
If, on the other hand, you’re coming from the Dartmouth side of the river, the Greenway and Dittisham Ferry company operate sailings between Dartmouth, Dittisham and Greenway and is definitely worth considering.
Originally posted 2020-12-13 11:14:07.
At Totnes the river is still tidal, and until the area around Totnes Bridge was drained, it was wet, marshy ground; and I suppose it must have been around here where Brutus, the first king of Britain landed – that’s if you believe the story of course – but I’ve covered more about the history of Totnes in a separate post.
Totnes Bridge was built between 1826-28 and is the latest in a long line of bridges that has spanned the river here over many centuries. Today a modern road bridge just upstream, called Brutus Bridge, has taken the brunt of the traffic, not just away from this bridge, but from the town centre as well.
Originally posted 2020-11-27 14:50:56.