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.
Exeter is a great place to visit close to Dartmouth if you like cities.
The area around Dartmouth boasts some of the best historic buildings including Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.
The area around Dartmouth boasts some of the best villages including Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.
The area around Dartmouth boasts some of the best canals including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Dartmouth like East Lyn River.
Dartmouth has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.
The area around Dartmouth's best geological features can be found at Valley of Rocks.
Places near Dartmouth feature a number of interesting sssis including Dartmoor.
The area close to Dartmouth boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.
Nature Reserves to visit near Dartmouth include Dartmoor.
Dartmouth has some unmissable towns nearby like Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.
Parks to visit near Dartmouth include Bicton Park.
The area around Dartmouth's best airports can be found at Exeter Airport.
Dartmouth is near some unmissable castles like Berry Pomeroy Castle,
Berry Pomeroy Castle is one of Dartmouth's best, nearby ruins to visit in Dartmouth.
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.
