Sunlit Kingswear under Dark Skies: View from the River Dart looking Towards Kingswear, the Sea and Dartmouth Castle. Kingswear, Devon, England.
Dark skies over the village of Kingswear. Image taken from the River Dart looking towards the sea and Dartmouth Castle. The sun is highlighting the buildings beneath a very dark, cloudy sky threatening heavy rain. In the foreground is the Royal Dart Yacht Club. The Lower ferry is just leaving the slipway. Dartmouth Castle is at the mouth of the River Dart. This historic fortress has stood guard on the River estuary for over 600 years. John Hawley, Mayor of Dartmouth, commenced here in 1388. There are two vehicle ferries and a passenger ferry crossing the River Dart in to Dartmouth. This lower ferry runs between Kingswear, which has a busy marina and the terminal station for the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, and the popular riverside town of Dartmouth The ferry is owned and run by the South Hams District Council. The vehicles are transported on one of two pontoons powered by an attached tug boat, with both running at the busiest of times. The lower ferry tends to be the most convenient, bringing traffic in to the centre of Dartmouth. A steam ferry was brought in to service by 1867 which was powerful enough to convey a horse and cart. In 1920 the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway company sold the ferry rights to the Dartmouth Corporation. Views along this West Country estuary are stunning and can be best viewed from the river.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: River Dart, Kingswear, Devon, England.
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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