Anyone been to dawlish?
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Used to work there chap.
Dawlish Warren is nice if quiet, it can be full of chavs though.
Just up the road is Powderham, and the castle. That's pretty nice. Dawlish in general there isn't a lot to do, but if you do go for a stroll try and avoid the NHS site as you enter Dawlish from Exeter. Thats the regional psychiatric secure unit I used to work at,the clients there can be a funny lot.
HTH
Finkers
PS: Go to Gays the pasty shop in the centre of Dawlish. Amazing pasties!!!
Dawlish Warren is nice if quiet, it can be full of chavs though.
Just up the road is Powderham, and the castle. That's pretty nice. Dawlish in general there isn't a lot to do, but if you do go for a stroll try and avoid the NHS site as you enter Dawlish from Exeter. Thats the regional psychiatric secure unit I used to work at,the clients there can be a funny lot.
HTH
Finkers
PS: Go to Gays the pasty shop in the centre of Dawlish. Amazing pasties!!!
SS HSV said:
Used to to Dawlish Warren when we were kids. Remember a lot of sandy beaches and some tar too 
Ice lollies were 20p in those days lad so it might have changed a bit since then
Definitely changed since then. They are doing bags of recreationals there for only fractionally more than that now IIRC!Ice lollies were 20p in those days lad so it might have changed a bit since then
Used to go camping there for family holidays when I was a kid. Cofton Farm. There's a nice (long) walk along the seafront. The town itself is pretty enough, with a park and a river through the middle, and lots of shops selling tourist tat. The two pubs by the harbour at Cockermouth used to do some simple but good food, especially seafood. There are some nice beaches if you drive South. Maidencombe used to be lovely, really quiet and secluded, but we went there for a day trip a couple of years ago, and you could get from one side of the cove to the other on beach towels without touching sand. Maybe worth getting on Google Earth and finding some more secluded spots. Good fishing off the rocks, if that's your thing.
my parents live a few miles from there. dawlish itself is very touristy but thats not really surprising.
if you want a nice view then heading up to the obelisk above mamhead is a good place to go:
its here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...
if you want a nice view then heading up to the obelisk above mamhead is a good place to go:
its here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...
There are a couple of lock pubs on Estuary, roughly on the road that leaves Exeter heading towards Dawlish - The Double Locks (if you've got kids this might be the best)... and the Turf Locks - a litte more out of the way.
Haldon Hills have some great walks... there used to be one called 'The Magic Walk' which has bridges, tunnels, wood carvings etc.
Exeter Quayside has been developed a lot over the last few years & has a couple of nice places to eat - check out the catacombs/Cathederal if you're in Exeter and are interested in History.
Dawlish doesn't have too much to offer - the Warren is really quite touristy - head to Dartmouth if you prefer 'quaint'.
Haldon Hills have some great walks... there used to be one called 'The Magic Walk' which has bridges, tunnels, wood carvings etc.
Exeter Quayside has been developed a lot over the last few years & has a couple of nice places to eat - check out the catacombs/Cathederal if you're in Exeter and are interested in History.
Dawlish doesn't have too much to offer - the Warren is really quite touristy - head to Dartmouth if you prefer 'quaint'.
Antony Moxey said:
Exmouth and East Devon is much nicer than the west side of the Exe estuary.
West Side roolz East side droolz innit Moxers?! 
I grew up in Kenton next to Powderham Castle and had the misfortune of going to Dawlish Community College, the town itself is ok, it's just a shame that the people who live and tend to visit there are imbeciles and chavs. I usually try to avoid instead going to Exeter if i'm after a night on the sauce.
Gays creamery do nice pasties and ice creams though, we used to get them on the cheap as I went to school with the nephew of the owner!
Haldon is nice, i'd be careful about parking your car up there though if you do decide to walk to the obelisk as there is a mahoosive pikey colony near the racecourse and they'll quite likely break into it.
sWorth venturing over into the Teign valley to the Nobody Inn for something to eat (although kids aren't allowed in iirc).
In Cockwood (not Cockermouth as somebody further oop wrote
) between Dawlish Warren and Starcross there are two pubs, The Anchor is nice for a drink as it is right on the harbour and you can sit in the beer garden laughing at the buses meeting the retarded holidaymakers (and locals) who can't drive meeting on the narrow road around the harbour, hours of entertainment there. The food is expensive and in my recent experience not that good there though.
The Ship just around the corner has recently been taken over and is now fantastic for both food and drinks and the one where the majority of locals visit.
PS, don't visit the Chinese restaurant in Kenton, the sooner it runs out of business the sooner we can have our local pub back again. Tossers
Lovely place, was there last month.
Another vote for Gays creamery (unfortunate name). The tea shop near there with the big water wheel is good as well. Just out of Dawlish on the road to teignmouth is a pub "the smuglers Inn" fantastic carvery for £8.95 and the other stuff on the menu is good as well. The walk up to Dawlish Warren along the railway line is good. But if you go in the other direction just round the headland by the railway tunnel is a very sheltered Cove that is a real sun trap.
Another vote for Gays creamery (unfortunate name). The tea shop near there with the big water wheel is good as well. Just out of Dawlish on the road to teignmouth is a pub "the smuglers Inn" fantastic carvery for £8.95 and the other stuff on the menu is good as well. The walk up to Dawlish Warren along the railway line is good. But if you go in the other direction just round the headland by the railway tunnel is a very sheltered Cove that is a real sun trap.
R39S1 said:
Just out of Dawlish on the road to teignmouth is a pub "the smuglers Inn" fantastic carvery for £8.95 and the other stuff on the menu is good as well.
A friend of ours is head chef there, well recommended! The cove you mention is Coryton Cove which I think was in the top 10 beaches in the country recently.
Nic Jones said:
R39S1 said:
Just out of Dawlish on the road to teignmouth is a pub "the smuglers Inn" fantastic carvery for £8.95 and the other stuff on the menu is good as well.
A friend of ours is head chef there, well recommended! The cove you mention is Coryton Cove which I think was in the top 10 beaches in the country recently.
Coryton cove that's the place, I couldn't remember it's name yesterday
Lovely place though I imagine it gets a bit busy during the peak season.Antony Moxey said:
parakitaMol. said:
Exmouth is a sh*thole... but further up the coast towards Lyme is ok.
Exmouth's great, and a great night out too.Always used to be full of council scum + doubled with tourist council scum (during summer) and Marines from Lympstone - the last place to choose for a night out!
parakitaMol. said:
Antony Moxey said:
parakitaMol. said:
Exmouth is a sh*thole... but further up the coast towards Lyme is ok.
Exmouth's great, and a great night out too.Always used to be full of council scum + doubled with tourist council scum (during summer) and Marines from Lympstone - the last place to choose for a night out!
Give me Exeter for a night out anytime, the clubs in Exmouth are still crap!
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