Kingswear
Kingswear is a village and civil parish in the South Hams area of the English county of Devon. The village is located on the east bank of the tidal River Dart, close to the river's mouth and opposite the small town of Dartmouth.Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: village in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Kingswear, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kingswear railway station and Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear.
Kingswear railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY 4.0.
Kingswear railway station is the terminus of the Dartmouth Steam Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England. It is situated in the centre of Kingswear, on the shores of the River Dart opposite Dartmouth.
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear
Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is situated in the village of Kingswear in the English county of Devon, it stands in a slightly elevated position at the junction of Higher Street and Church Hill close to the railway station and the Dartmouth Lower Ferry and overlooks the River Dart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dartmouth and Townstal.
Dartmouth
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dartmouth is a town in the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. A historic port location, Dartmouth's geography and seaside location combined with its traditional architecture make it an idyllic settlement popular with tourists from around Britain and the near continent.
Townstal
Neighborhood
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Townstal is an historic manor and parish on elevated ground now forming part of the western suburbs of the town of Dartmouth, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England.
Bowden
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowden is a hamlet in the parish of Stoke Fleming in the South Hams district of Devon, England, about 1 mile west of Stoke Fleming. Bowden House was the seat of the Netherton family from about 1750. Bowden is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kingswear.
Kingswear
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34846° or 50° 20′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.573° or 3° 34′ 23″ westPopulation
1,090Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KWEOpen location code
9C2R8CXG+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 27199088OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Kingswear” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kingswear”
- Chinese: “Kingswear”
- Croatian: “Kingswear”
- Dutch: “Kingswear”
- French: “Kingswear”
- German: “Kingswear”
- Irish: “Kingswear”
- Italian: “Kingswear”
- Ladin: “Kingswear”
- Latin: “Kingswear”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kingswear”
- Persian: “کنیگزور”
- Polish: “Kingswear”
- Slovenian: “Kingswear”
- Swedish: “Kingswear”
- Welsh: “Kingswear”
- “Kingswear”
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Notable Places Nearby
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