Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drinking & Entertainment
Dartmouth Arms
(
www.dartmoutharmsinn.co.uk
;
26 Lower St)
As an antidote to Dartmouth's sailing chic, join the loc-
als for an unpretentious pint in an ancient bar smothered in polished wood; navigational
lights and cross-sections of ships dot the walls. Summer-time drinking spills over onto
Bayard's Cove outside.
PUB
Flavel
(
www.theflavel.org.uk
;
flavel Pl)
Hosts small-scale theatre and dance, plus live music and films.
ARTS CENTRE
Information
Tourist Office
(
01803-834224;
www.discoverdartmouth.com
; Mayor's Ave;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat, to 4pm Sun
Apr-Oct, 10am-4pm Mon, Tue & Thu-Sat Nov-Mar)
Getting There & Away
BOAT
Fleets of pleasure boats set sail from Dartmouth; as well as being picturesque boat trips
(
Click here
)
, these can also be handy ways to travel from A to B.
Dartmouth-Kingswear Ferries
(
www.dartmouthhigherferry.com
; single foot passengers 50p-£1.10, single car incl
passengers £4-4.70; 8am-10.45pm)
Dartmouth's
Higher
and
Lower Ferries
both take cars and
foot passengers, shuttling across the river to Kingswear every 6 minutes. The slightly big-
ger Higher Ferry crosses the river 300m north (upstream) of the town centre, but both ser-
vices connect to the main road into Kingswear, on the east bank.
BUS
Kingsbridge
(1 hour, hourly Monday to Saturday, every 2 hours Sunday) Bus 93.
Torquay
(1¼ hours, every 2 hours Monday to Saturday) Bus X81.
TRAIN
The Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company runs a steam train from Paignton
to Kingswear (adult/child return £11/6.50).
