Kingswear
Built-up area in South Hams, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.35, -3.568 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 88 51 |
| Dialling code: | 01803 (Torquay) |
Kingswear in South Hams, Devon, England perches on the east bank of the River Dart opposite Dartmouth. It has a steep, sheltered harbour, a regular ferry to Dartmouth and is the southern terminus for the heritage Dartmouth Steam Railway; small forts and historic gun emplacements testify to its long maritime defensive role guarding the estuary.
Today Kingswear blends a close-knit local community with holiday accommodation and second homes, so the local economy leans on tourism, boating and commuter links to Plymouth. Narrow lanes, listed cottages, riverside pubs and boatyards give it a distinctly picturesque, maritime character that livens up in summer and quietens through the winter months.
Postcode districts covering Kingswear
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 23.8 miles
- Torquay 9.5 miles
- Paignton 6.4 miles
- Newton Abbot 12.4 miles
- Exmouth 20.9 miles
- Teignmouth 14.5 miles
- Brixham 3.1 miles
- Ivybridge 15.8 miles
- Kingsteignton 14.1 miles
- Dawlish 16.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Dartmouth Built-up area 1 mile
- Dartmouth & East Dart Ward 1.8 miles
- Stoke Fleming Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Dittisham Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Brixham Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Churston with Galmpton Ward 3.2 miles
- Furzeham with Summercombe Ward 3.3 miles
- Strete Built-up area 3.8 miles
- St. Peter's with St. Mary's Ward 3.9 miles
- Cornworthy Parish 4.1 miles
- Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward 4.2 miles
- Stoke Gabriel Built-up area 4.6 miles
Example postcodes in Kingswear
TQ6 0DB, TQ6 0BE, TQ6 0DQ, TQ6 0BU, TQ6 0BT, TQ6 0DJ, TQ6 0BX, TQ6 0BH, TQ6 0AL … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 27.4 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 63.2 miles
- Paignton Railway Station 5.9 miles
- Torquay Railway Station 7.8 miles
Hotels near Kingswear Ad
- Bayards Cove Inn 4 0.4 miles
- The Seven Stars 0.5 miles
- The Royal Castle 3 0.5 miles
- Browns Hotel 4 0.6 miles
- Browns Dartmouth 4 0.6 miles
- The Floating Bridge 0.6 miles
- Dart Marina Hotel 4 0.6 miles
- Stoke Lodge Hotel 3 2.2 miles
- The Durant Arms 5.5 miles
- The Railway Inn 3.3 miles
Local points of interest
- Goodrington Sands Beach 4.6 miles
- Slapton Sands Beach 5.6 miles
- Plainmoor Stadium 9 miles
- Babbacombe Beach Beach 9.3 miles
- Oddicombe Beach Beach 9.5 miles
- Lannacombe Beach Beach 10.1 miles
- Salcombe Harbour Harbour 11.6 miles
- Gara Rock beach Beach 12.1 miles
- Newton Abbot Racecourse Recreation 13.1 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 13.5 miles
- South Milton Sands Beach 14.2 miles
- Bantham Beach Beach 14.6 miles