Dartmouth is a Town in the county of Devon.
Dartmouth postcode: TQ6 9
There are great places to visit near Dartmouth including some great cities, historic buildings, villages, canals, rivers and streams, beaches, geological features, sssis, hiking areas, nature reserves, towns, parks, airports, castles and ruins.
The area around Dartmouth's best cities can be found at Exeter.
Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter are some of Dartmouth best historic buildings to visit near Dartmouth.
Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Dartmouth if you like villages.
The area around Dartmouth boasts some of the best canals including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.
Places near Dartmouth feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including East Lyn River.
Dartmouth has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.
The area close to Dartmouth boasts some of the best geological features including Valley of Rocks.
The area close to Dartmouth boasts some of the best sssis including Dartmoor.
The area close to Dartmouth boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.
Dartmouth is near some unmissable nature reserves like Dartmoor,
Towns to visit near Dartmouth include Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.
Dartmouth is near some unmissable parks like Bicton Park,
Don't miss Exeter Airport's airports if visiting the area around Dartmouth.
There are a number of castles near to Dartmouth including Berry Pomeroy Castle.
Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Dartmouth if you like ruins.
Dartmouth History
There are some historic monuments around Dartmouth:
Places to see near Dartmouth
History of Dartmouth
Notwithstanding Dartmouth’s connections with the crown and respectable society, it was a major base for privateering in medieval times. John Hawley or Hauley, a licensed privateer and sometime mayor of Dartmouth is reputed to be a model for Chaucer’s “schipman”. The earliest street in Dartmouth to be recorded by name (in the 13th century) is Smith Street. Several of the houses on the street are originally late 16th century or early 17th century and probably rebuilt on the site of earlier medieval dwellings. The street name undoubtedly derives from the smiths and shipwrights who built and repaired ships here when the tidal waters reached as far as this point. Smith Street was also the site of the town pillory in medieval times. The first church in the parish was St Clement’s, Townstal, which may have existed in some form before the 1190s. It was granted by the FitzStephens to Torre Abbey in about 1198, the Abbey having been founded in 1196, and the present stone-built church was probably started shortly after this.
