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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: village in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Kingswear, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear and Royal Dart Hotel.
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 Churston Ferrers.
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.
Churston Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Churston Ferrers is situated 3 miles north of Kingswear.
Galmpton
Village
Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galmpton is a semi-rural village in Torbay, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of Churston Ferrers, though some areas historically considered parts of Galmpton, such as Greenway and Galmpton Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. Galmpton is situated 3 miles north 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
Highlights include Kingswear Railway Station and Kingswear Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kingswear”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.