Dartmouth Caravan Club Site

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Faith_Corvera]Faith Corvera
The Camping and Caravanning club site in Dartmouth is a good base to explore this area of South Devon. We visited at Easter time and were welcomed with a friendly smile and a warden on a quad bike to escort us to our pitch at the far end of the site.
We were pleased when we pulled up on site to see a pub on the left hand side of the drive which served food. This could be a gold mine and probably does pretty well anyway with all the campers and caravanners calling in for something to eat, it's not the best pub meals we have ever had but it saves on cooking and sometimes, after a hard day of sightseeing and holidaying, that's what most important.
We were on a hard standing pitch with electric, grass pitches also available to a total of 90 pitches. The site has the usual high standard shower and toilet blocks with Mother and toddler rooms, washing up facilities, a motorhome service point, children's play area and on site shop selling local produce.
Situated in Stoke Fleming on the south Hams coast and overlooking Start Bay, it is a 5 minute drive into Dartmouth itself although with parking as difficult as it is in Dartmouth, you may prefer to get a taxi or the bus from outside the campsite entrance into town itself. Buses from here also go to Blackpool Sands, Salcombe and Plymouth if you want a break from driving yourself. The nearest train station is Totnes some 13 miles away.
Devon's own award winning Blackpool Sands beach which is just one mile away is not to be confused with the popular resort of Blackpool, Lancashire - the clue is there is no tower here!
Dartmouth is a town full of naval history, if you remember the Onedin Line waterfront scenes many of these were filmed here. The Britannia Royal Naval College is still open to visitors, as are the castle and National Trust Gardens. There are coastal walks, quaint cobbled streets to shop in, numerous seafood and fresh fish restaurants around the harbour and markets to visit or perhaps you fancy a touch of fishing or sailing yourself - all is available in Dartmouth itself.
From Dartmouth, why not take the ferry up river to Dittisham, a beautiful little village which sits along the Dart estuary. From there take the Greenaway Ferry from Dittisham over to Agatha Christie's former home and gardens on the Greenaway estate, which is now owned by the National Trust and takes day visitors.
A visit to Dartmouth is well worth the effort with so many things to do in the area and the Camping and Caravanning site is a great base for this.
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