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Castle
Dartmouth Castle
Artillery fort guarding the mouth of the Dart, begun in the 1380s and later given an early purpose-built gun tower.
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Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart: things to do
Places worth your time in Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart
Top places
Things to do in Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Fort
Bayard's Cove Fort
Sixteenth-century artillery blockhouse on the Dartmouth quay with eleven gunports, managed by English Heritage.
Landmark
Britannia Royal Naval College
The Royal Navy's officer training college, on a hill above Dartmouth; the current buildings were completed in 1905.
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Museum
Dartmouth Museum
Port history museum in a merchant's house on the Butterwalk where Charles II held court in 1671.
Church
St Saviour's Church
Grade I listed parish church in the centre of Dartmouth.
Castle
Kingswear Castle
Artillery fort of 1491 to 1502 opposite Dartmouth Castle, now let as a holiday home by the Landmark Trust.
Historic house
Coleton Fishacre
Arts and Crafts house with a 24-acre garden near Kingswear, owned by the National Trust since 1982.
Historic house
Greenway
Estate on the River Dart that was Agatha Christie's home, now owned by the National Trust.
Heritage railway
Dartmouth Steam Railway
Heritage line of 6.7 miles between Paignton and Kingswear on the former Great Western branch.
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Castle
Totnes Castle
Norman motte-and-bailey castle above the town; the stone keep and curtain wall date from around the 14th century.
Museum
Totnes Museum
Free local museum in a Grade I listed Elizabethan merchant's house of about 1575.
Church
St Mary's Church, Totnes
Grade I listed parish church in the centre of Totnes.
Historic building
Totnes Guildhall
Sixteenth-century guildhall that also served as magistrates' court and prison; Grade I listed.
Historic house
Dartington Hall
Estate of about 800 acres near Totnes whose late 14th-century courtyard buildings are Grade I listed.
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- Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart (area photo): Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dartmouth Castle: Troxx, Public domain, source
- Bayard's Cove Fort: Troxx, Public domain, source
- Britannia Royal Naval College: Andrew Yong at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dartmouth Museum: PJMarriott, CC BY 3.0, source
- St Saviour's Church: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kingswear Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Coleton Fishacre: Waterborough, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dartmouth Steam Railway: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Totnes Castle: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Totnes Museum: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Mary's Church, Totnes: User:Wigulf, CC BY 2.5, source
- Totnes Guildhall: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartington Hall: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartmoor: Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exmoor & Lynmouth: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Plymouth: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Torquay, Paignton & Brixham: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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