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4 unusual facts about River Dart


New Bridge

Newbridge, River Dart, also known as New Bridge, a medieval bridge on Dartmoor, Devon, England

River Dart

Large cruise ships are occasional visitors, with the largest visitor to date being the MV Royal Princess (30,277 GRT).

The music video was filmed along the river and has been featured on Radio Caroline television.

The English poet Alice Oswald wrote the 48-page poem Dart (2002), which was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize for 2002.


Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Kingswear

The Church of St Thomas of Canterburyis 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.


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Dartmouth Steam Railway

This also includes the Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle which operates on the river Dart in conjunction with the steam railway along with the rest of the company's river boats and ferries.

Kingswear

In recent history, Kingswear and the River Dart were used as filming locations for the movie The French Lieutenant's Woman and the television series The Onedin Line, where Kingswear represented the Old World and Dartmouth the New World, thus giving rise to the comments of the local tour guides that this was the shortest ever crossing of the Atlantic.

Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta

In addition, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Typhoon, Harrier and Jaguar aircraft have displayed, along with RN Sea King and Chinook helicopters.In recent years it has also had The Royal Artillery parachute display team landing in the river dart.