Dartmouth in the southern English county of Devon

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The Royal Castle Hotel © Jim

The Royal Castle Hotel © Jim

Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams District, and has a population of 5,512.

The Pilgrim Fathers put into Dartmouth’s Bayard’s Cove, en-route from Southampton to America. They rested a while before setting off on their journey in the Mayflower and the Speedwell on 20 August 1620. About 300 miles west of Land’s End, they realised that the Speedwell was unseaworthy and returned to Plymouth. The Mayflower departed alone to complete the crossing to Cape Cod. Dartmouth’s sister city is Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

The Royal Castle Hotel was built in 1639 on the then new quay. The building was refronted in the 19th century, and as the new frontage is itself listed, it is not possible to see the original which lies beneath. A claimant for the oldest building is a former merchant’s house in Higher Street, now a Good Beer Guide listed public house called the Cherub, built circa 1380. Agincourt House is also 14th century.

Britannia Royal Naval College © Andrew Yong The New Angel Restaurant © Jim York House © geograph.org.uk Waterfront © Nilfanion Station Building © Paste © geograph.org.uk Foss Street © geograph.org.uk Fairfax Place © geograph.org.uk Dartmouth © Adrian Pingstone Dartmouth Trading Company © Jim Dartmouth Cottage Hospital © geograph.org.uk Dartmouth Castle and St Petrox Church © geograph.org.uk Butterwalk with Dartmouth Museum © Herbythyme Britannia Royal Naval College © Herbythym Bayard's Cove © geograph.org.uk Bayard's Cove Fort © Troxx Training ship 'Prince William' © geograph.org.uk The Royal Castle Hotel © Jim
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Dartmouth Castle and St Petrox Church © geograph.org.uk
Dartmouth sent numerous ships to join the English fleet that attacked the Armada, including the Roebuck, Crescent and Hart. The Neustra Señora del Rosario, the Spanish Armada’s “payship” commanded by Admiral Pedro de Valdés, was captured along with all its crew by Sir Francis Drake. It was reportedly anchored in the river Dart for more than a year and the crew were used as labourers on the nearby Greenway Estate which was the home of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and his half-brother Sir Walter Raleigh. Greenway was subsequently the home of Dame Agatha Christie.

The remains of a fort at Gallants Bower just outside the town are some of the best preserved remains of a Civil War defensive structure. The fort was built by Royalist occupation forces in c. 1643 to the south east of the town, with a similar fort at Mount Ridley on the opposite slopes of what is now Kingswear. The Parliamentarian General Fairfax attacked from the north in 1646, taking the town and forcing the Royalists to surrender, after which Gallants Bower was demolished.

On the outskirts of the town is the Royal Navy’s officer training college (Britannia Royal Naval College), where all officers of the Royal Navy and many foreign naval officers are trained. The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August. Bayard’s Cove has been used in several television productions, including The Onedin Line a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980.

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