Dawlish News

Dawlish Swimming Club, founded in 1865, received £1,000 from Persimmon Homes South West’s Community Champions scheme earlier this month. The club, currently based at Trinity School in Teignmouth as part of a joint venture post-pandemic, has over 100 members from both towns and their surrounding ...

Motorists could experience some delays around Dawlish later this month as roads close for the next phase of work to replace the town's gas pipes. The £200,000 scheme got underway in January this year and isn't due to be completed until April 2024.

CONTRACTORS have started work on the long-awaited new £6.2million link road in Dawlish. The scheme has been in the pipeline for more than four years.

Huge waves have battered Dawlish and torrential rain has caused the stream to reach breaking point during Storm Ciaran. The full force of the storm coincided with high tide at about 8.45am on Thursda

'I am pleased that rail companies and the DfT have listened and my local campaign to keep Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth ticket offices open has succeeded' MP Anne Marie Morris said.

Network Rail has issued its own warning to anyone living near a railway line. People who live near the railway are being urged to keep garden objects such as trampolines, tarpaulins, and tents tied down and secured to ensure they don’t end up on the tracks as a result of very strong winds.

Shocking footage shows the moment an adult and child were battered by waves after they risked walking along the Dawlish seafront despite 'extremely hazardous conditions'. The incident, which shows the perilous stormy sea bashing against the railway line, happened just a few days ago.

The Mix Coffee House And Bar, a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 18 The Strand Dawlish Devon was given the score after assessment on October 9, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

UK: Smart cameras, sensors, Telent’s MICA workforce automation platform and Purple Transform’s SiYtE insights software have been combined to alert staff to safety risks where the railway at Dawlish runs below potentially unstable cliffs.

From November 14 until Christmas, Signature Hair and Beauty will donate 50p to Saving Pound Dogs Cyprus (SPDC) and Cyprus Dog Rescue for every visitor to the salon who gets a treatment.

The wall of a local pub in Devon has collapsed following heavy rain last night - forcing the family-run business to temporarily shut. The Ship Inn at Cockwood, near Dawlish, is said to have part-collapsed at around 11.30am this morning.

DAWLISH Museum is celebrating achieving recognition by reaching the national benchmark of quality. Administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the UK Accreditation Partnership, accreditation is the standard for well-run museums and galleries.

THE new lifts at Dawlish railway station are already out of action, just hours after they opened. Network Rail says work is underway to fix the fault

Allen, from Shropshire, is cycling around the country to raise money and awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in service veterans.

HUNDREDS of people enjoyed food and drink from local producers at the second Dawlish Food Festival.

MORE than £1,000 was raised for much-loved charity Dawlish Community Transport at a fund-raising concert.

For the second time in two weeks, the British Isles have been ravaged by an extreme weather event, that triggered ‘red – danger to life’ warnings. In the wake of storm Babet, which unleashed its fury across the UK, leaving a trail of destruction, the nation’s rail network suffered significant ...

A retired nursery nurse died after she was pulled from waters off the Dawlish coast, an inquest has heard. The brief inquest opening at Plymouth Coroner's Court was held earlier this week, noting the passing of 59-year-old Christine Louise Mead who was born in Wanstead, London and resided at an ...

A MUCH-USED bridge in a Dawlish park will be replaced, it has been confirmed. The footbridge at Manor Gardens has been closed to the public for months due to safety concerns.

Planning permission is being sought for 25 timber 'camping pods' already built at Golden Sands Holiday Park in Dawlish. According to the planning documents, they were "originally considered to fall within the definition of a caravan".

The 209m long rockfall shelter extension north of Parsons Tunnel is between Dawlish and Holcombe in south Devon. The structure made up of 185 pre-cast concrete units has taken two years to build. It will protect the railway from falling rocks and debris from the steep cliffs above.

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Good news! The new accessible footbridge with lifts at Dawlish station is now in use for passengers. The new structure means the station is fully accessible for the first time in its history and follows improvements we've made to the platforms. Please bear with us as the new lift system beds in - we ...

Residents affected by flash floods in Devon are being invited to a drop-in session as part of a council investigation. Torrential rain caused widespread flooding across the county, including in Dawlish, Torquay and Exeter.

The flood alert has been issued for the South Devon coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren. The flood alert area includes exposed east facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, ...

Dawlish was bombarded by waves as high as 15ft last night, according to witnesses. Photos and videos captured at around 9.30pm show sea water flowing past the Devon town's sea defences. See more...

ON a warm Sunday in August, campaigners marched on Dawlish seafront to protest against Devon's dirty water.

The Old Vicarage, described as having once been one of the best buildings in Dawlish, is said to be in a critical state of suffering further deterioration Desperate attempts are being made to save a crumbling Grade II listed building, described as once being one of the best in Dawlish, from complete ...

MORE images from the past dug out of the dusty archive draws - it’s a Forrest Gump ‘life is like a box of chocolates’ selection this week with a mixed bag of photos from the 1980s.

Contractors working on the South West Rail Resilience Programme have begun to put in the temporary grey matting as the first stage of the process to stabilised the cliff face which can now be seen at Lea Mount.

A DAWLISH author has published her first novel at the age of 75. Dawlish-born Roma, who is married to magician Tony Everest, explained how she came up with the idea for the book.

Three years after opening in Piermont Place, Dawlish, the company’s dairy-free, vegan dark chocolate sorbet won a top Gold award.

Dawlish is a hidden gem nestled on the Devon coast that offers a stunning seaside experience for its tens of thousands of annual visitors. A seaside town in one of the UK's prettiest counties boasts average house prices of just over £300,000 and properties that come complete with enviable views. ...

Dawlish Town Council has launched a new 'surgery' system for people to speak with councillors face-to-face about concerns they have within the parish. The surgeries, similar to those of MPs, are being held every other weekend at various locations from 10am to 12pm as detailed below. Councillors will ...

A £2 cap on bus tickets for single journeys has been extended until 31 December 2024. It comes as part of £6.5 billion in diverted HS2 cash earmarked for transport and road improvements in the South West. The fare cap was originally only going to last until the end of this month. The Stagecoach ...

A food festival is set to return for its second year in Dawlish after being cancelled in August due to bad weather. It will take place from 10am to 4pm on Dawlish Lawn on Saturday (14 October). Held for the first time last October, the free eat:Dawlish event has been organised by eat:Festivals and ...

The Teignmouth & Dawlish Rural Neighbourhood Team, supported by the Rural Affairs Team, were present at this year's Powderham Food Festival.

Two Devon MPs, who will be battling for the same seat in the next general election, have both claimed victory in the campaign to get the railway station reopened at Cullompton, writes local democracy reporter Alison Stephenson. A total £6.5 billion from the HS2 savings of £36 billion will come to ...

A man has been taken to hospital following an assault in Dawlish. The incident happened on Saturday, October 7, at around 9.50pm on The Strand and left the victim with facial injuries.