Dartmouth is an ideal base for an active family holiday, last minute break or weekend short break in Devon.

Coastal and countryside holiday accommodation around Dartmouth offers pet friendly holiday cottages and large holiday properties for special family occasions. You will find our hosts charming and helpful.

Holiday cottages near Dartmouth will give you the best of all worlds. Good value family holiday accommodation, weekend holiday cottages, luxury holiday cottages, and four star weekend cottages.  Farmhouse bed and breakfast and farm cottages are also popular.

Choose a self catering cottage or farmhouse B&B near Dartmouth, Devon through Cartwheel Holidays.  

Dartmouth is located on the river Dart on the south coast of Devon. This historic and picturesque town is a very unique and special place as the villages and towns in the South Hams region are amongst some of the most attractive in the county.

The main road does not reach Dartmouth centre and this ensures that the distinctive character of the narrow streets and historic buildings is retained. Here an array of boutiques, specialist shops, restaurants and bistros all line up to greet you.

As early as the 14th century, this was a busy trading port and today the estuary can be admired from the embankment where many visitors can take a stroll or be tempted by the many boat journeys on offer along the estuary.

Alternatively from Kingswear you can take the South Devon Railway to Paignton with superb views of the coast on the steam train journey. Near Kingswear is Greenway Estate, once the home of the writer Agatha Christie. Now National Trust owned, the gardens, farm and woodland were opened to the public for the first time in 2002.

These gardens, rumoured to be amongst the prettiest in the country, are open from March to September and offer a range of beautiful flower displays - especially in spring when the bluebells are in flower.

If you want more maritime treats, don’t miss the annual Royal Regatta in the summer time with yacht races and fireworks. Alternatively join the festive celebrations at the end of the year when people take to the narrow streets and embankment in fancy dress and see in the New Year with style.

Dartmouth Castle, the first castle in the country to be built for artillery purposes and Kingswear castle, on the opposite side of the embankment, both nestle at the mouth of the river Dart. During times of war they offered great protection to the anchored ships and the merchant community by having a heavy linked chain between them.

The town was further safeguarded when Dartmouth castle owned a Palmerston Gun Battery in Victorian times which could hit a target at a distance of two miles! Dartmouth castle is accessible by a 1-mile walk from the town centre and Kingswear via the car ferry.