Dawlish News

CLASSIC vehicles gathered on part of the Lawn in Dawlish on Sunday. The second Dawlish Celebrates Carnival Classic Vehicle Gathering took place despite the threat of rain. This year, as a large part of the Lawn is off limits due to work by South West Water, some of the vehicles could be seen along ...

A pot buoy mistaken for a person in the water prompted a call out for Teignmouth RNLI on Saturday (July 20). Solent Coastguard tasked volunteer crew from Teignmouth RNLI along with Dawlish Coastguard and the Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat to respond to reports of a person in the water off Coryton ...

A BRAVE Dawlish shop manager is taking to the air for a skydive in aid of a local charity. Lauren Kalynuk and she’s 22, manager of the Local Scoop ice cream shop, has taken the decision to carry on with her skydive from 10,000ft on Wednesday.

Sign in for podcasts, documentaries and analysis. Dawlish Town Council has urged the public to stop fishing in the town's water stream following two separate incidents in the space of 24 hours of black swans attempting to eat fishing lines.

TOWN councillors have submitted a bid to register an area of green space in Dawlish as an Asset of Community Value. The move by Dawlish Town Council is part of a wider plan to save the popular Newhay area, next to St Gregory’s Church.

New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 11 of Teignbridge’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. • Rated 5: Dawlish Sands Holiday Park (Diner) at Warren Road Dawlish Warren Devon; rated on July 16.

A TEENAGER launched a petition in protest at proposed changes to the timetable at his Dawlish school. Zachary Stevenson, 14, is autistic and a student at Orchard Manor School, a specialist SEN school.

CONTRACTORS working on the South West Water scheme in Dawlish are holding a public meeting tonight for residents where pipe work is expected to cause major disruption. People living in West Cliff, Third Avenue and Churchill Avenue will be affected.

A FORMER dusty warehouse has been transformed into a creative co-working space by three Dawlish women. The Good Space, co-founded by three local freelance designers, offers a relaxed and stylish sanctuary where work meets wellbeing.

A SECOND of the iconic Dawlish black swans has ingested a fishing line. This is the second time in just 24 hours and town council bosses are warning ‘the next incident could be fatal’. Both times the swans were saved by the town’s waterfowl wardens.

NETWORK Rail has announced it is to work on painting a white line along a further section of the sea wall in Dawlish. The rail company has confirmed it will be working overnight over several weeks on a second section of white line.

A large fire has broken out at a country park in Devon this afternoon, Tuesday, July 15. Thick smoke is billowing into the sky at Dawlish Countryside Park. Footage taken at the scene shows plumes of smoke at the park as multiple sirens can be heard racing to the fire. See more...

ONE of the iconic Dawlish black swans was saved when a waterfowl warden noticed it had ingested a fishing line. Fishing is banned in the Brook unless a special licence is authorised by Devon County Council.

AN application to covert a former hotel in Dawlish into flats has been rejected. 25/00799/FUL sought permission to convert Oceans B&B into seven flats. But Teignbridge District Council (TDC) refused to grant planning permission.

FIREFIGHTERS in Dawlish have been practising their drill skills at a business premises. Teignmouth Marine Services Ltd allowed the Dawlish crew to use its unit at Dawlish Business Park for training.

A plot of land in Dawlish is set to be registered as a community asset after the town council voted to take urgent steps to safeguard its future. The move also unlocks up to £12,000 from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to fund due diligence work, as part of a wider plan to explore the land’s ...

VILLAGERS in Cockwood will be able to delve into the delights of reading thanks to a project sponsored by the local school. The new village community library was officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Devon David Fursdon, alongside Dawlish Mayor Cllr Anthony James and Deputy Mayor Cllr Lynda ...

A GROUP of travellers have moved onto playing fields in Dawlish. About 15 caravans and vehicles arrived on the land at Sandy Lane yesterday, Saturday. Police say they area aware of the ‘unauthorised encampment’ on Sandy Lane.

MORE than 1,200 people have signed a petition in support of keeping a popular Dawlish green space open to the public. The Newhay, next to St Gregory’s Church, is Glebe land belonging to the Church of England but there is a question mark over its future since Teignbridge Council did not renew its ...

Dawlish is set for a thrilling weekend as elite cyclists converge on the town for the final stage of the British Cycling National Circuit Series. DAWLISH is gearing up for one of the biggest events of the summer as elite cyclists race a course around the town.

Chaos erupted in Devon as two major fires broke out within around 15 minutes five miles of each other. One witness said: "That fire near Dawlish is in the direction of Duckaller Farm. I’ve just driven past it.".

Sign in for podcasts, documentaries and analysis. The government announced on Tuesday work to the Dawlish mainline would be put on hold. Work to protect the Paddington to Penzance mainline at Dawlish in Devon has been put on hold, the government has announced.

Dawlish Chamber of Trade is to hold more free business seminars later this year following the success of the scheme it launched earlier this year. Each seminar is limited to 14 people and is designed to be interactive and tailored to the needs of those attending.

DAWLISH United Youth and Mini Soccer Football Club were honoured at The Football Association Devon Football Family Awards evening with a county prize. Nick Reed, the club’s welfare officer, was selected as the recipient of the Safeguarding Award for Devon.

IT has been a very warm few weeks for club matches both home and away. The men’s MDL Premier season started well, facing off with the likes of Shaldon, Kings, Bitton Park and Newton Abbot. In the County Trophy competition, wins against Newton Abbot and Shaldon have set Marina up with a place in the ...

COUNCILLORS in Dawlish have backed a move to save a popular green space and keep it open to the public. More than 60 people attended a meeting of the town council at which the Save The Newhay petition of 1,542 signatures was presented to the Mayor Cllr Anthony James.

WORK in Dawlish to install a shaft into which a huge storm water storage tank will be lowered is due to start next week. South West Water has told Dawlish Town Council that the projected start date for installation of the shafts, both on the Lawn and in Sandy Lane is the week of July 14.

POLICE have described a Teignbridge village fair as a ‘very successful’ day. The Teignmouth and Dawlish Rural Neighbourhood Team recently attended Bishopsteignton’s village fair. Alongside police cadets, the team spent June 28 engaging with locals at the village’s annual event.

A Devon town will be transformed into a "thrilling urban street race circuit" later this month. Dawlish is hosting the Dawlish Grand Prix - the grand finale of the prestigious British Cycling Series.

PATIENTS at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish have released their own album. The Devon Partnership NHS Trust has announced the release of Labyrinthe Des Esprits: The Cosmic Hunt, an ambient album collaboratively created by patients at the medium secure forensic service hospital.

Crumbling sandstone cliffs above the vulnerable waterfront railway line between Teignmouth and Dawlish could collapse at any time, the local MP has warned. Vital transport links in and out of Devon are being put at risk by the government’s failure to fund the final phase of a crucial 'resilience' ...

A BUSINESSMAN who owns a shoe repair and key cutting shop in Dawlish has hit out at a nearby supermarket’s plan to build a Timpson at its Exeter Road store. Ben Elliot, owner of Park Road repair shop, Be Repaired, says that Sainsbury’s plan to build a new retail concession pod in its carpark will ...

CHILDREN at a Dawlish primary school have been marking No Mow May by planting wildflower seeds. The youngsters at Westcliff Primary were given the seeds by housing developer Taylor Wimpey to be planted in green areas at the school.

AN HISTORIC pub in Cockwood could be saved after councillors agreed to register is as a community asset. Dawlish Town Council’s full council meeting heard that MP Martin Wrigley had been approached suggested the Ship Inn should be considered to be nominated under the scheme.

A business networking group in Teignbridge has celebrated its first anniversary. Coffee Connections, which was established by the Dawlish Chamber of Trade, aims to provide an informal and friendly space for businesses in the area to connect with each other.

DAWLISH Women Walking Football Club have been named Devon FA Club of The Year. On Thursday, June 26, representatives of the club attended the 2025 Grassroots Football Awards at Winslade Manor, Exeter and were thrilled to accept the award on behalf of the rest of the players.

Residents at a Dawlish care home marked the summer solstice with a week of nature-inspired festivities – including sound baths, wildflower foraging and a fiery garden party finale. Claremont Manor, a 71-bed home offering residential, dementia and nursing care, hosted the immersive celebration as ...

A SINGLE white line has been painted along the edge of Dawlish sea wall. The line, which is to warn pedestrians of the unprotected edge of the wall, is understood to be a new safety measure along the exposed stretch of the coast between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren.

Students from Dawlish College are hoping their culinary skills will have helped them to smash a cookery world record this week. Seventeen budding chefs volunteered to take part in the world’s biggest cookery lesson on Tuesday (July 1).

Essex has some simply gorgeous beaches, from Harwich to Frinton. Steam Dreams Rail Co has a service that takes visitors from Colchester to Paignton & Kingswear in Devon via Dawlish. On this journey, you can travel along one of the most scenic railway lines in England and enjoy a day filled with pure ...