Dawlish News
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.
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 part of its holistic lifestyle programme.
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).
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.
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 nostalgia.
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 lease of the site.
Two Teignbridge businesses have been recognised at an international maritime awards ceremony. Newton Abbot-based Teignbridge Propellers and Dawlish-headquartered Teignmouth Maritime Services (TMS) both came away with awards at Seawork, the European commercial marine and workboat exhibition and conference that was held in Southampton last month.
A GROUND-BREAKING scheme to stabilise cliffs between Dawlish and Holcombe is in the running for a prestigious engineering award. This is the latest accolade for the decade-long scheme to repair and future-proof the iconic coastal railway line since the devastating storm of 2014.
A PLANNING application seeking permission for a Timpson pod at a Dawlish supermarket has been withdrawn. The Exeter Road Sainsbury’s had sought to erect a small retail concession pod in its carpark.
The sound of roaring engines and the gleam of polished chrome drew more than 3,500 visitors to Cofton Holidays over the weekend, as the Devon holiday park hosted its biggest American Car Show to date.