Walk This Way Teignmouth

19/11/2025

Dry ,sunny ,breezy and chilly weather for our walk this morning 👍🏻

12 of us plus 2 dogs set off from by Hazeldown school around 10.40am - we walked back along the top of Maudlin Drive then along St David's Rd to Higher Woodway Rd.We then took a little detour via Higher Holcombe Rd which led us back to Higher Woodway Rd

Soon we were crossing New Rd then we continued on down Lower Woodway Rd . Next we walked across the front of Barnpark Terrace and on down Barnpark Rd to town .

Most enjoyable walk with lovely coastal views to enjoy on the way plus an interesting variation of properties to walk past👍

Back in town just before 11.30am we met up with one of our walkers who'd missed meeting up with us at Hazeldown school - 6 of us went to the Kings Arms for refreshments & others went elsewhere😁

REMINDER next week’s walk Weds Nov 26th - meet up for 10am near the pier ready to catch the 10.18am number 2 Exeter bus to Port Rd Dawlish .We will walk up by St Mary’s Cottages opposite Dawlish Garden Trust then on down Orchard Lane then continue along footpaths by the railway line to our refreshment stop at the Anchor pub at Cockwood - here’s hoping the traffic chaos in Dawlish area caused by roadworks and extra traffic lights will have eased by next Weds🤞

Many thanks to all WTW walkers who gave their Christmas Meal menu choices and full payments today - much appreciated 👍🏻

PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER - WTW WALKERS IF YOU WISH TO JOIN IS FOR OUR DEC 10th CHRISTMAS LUNCH YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR CHRISTMAS MEAL MENU CHOICES PLUS FULL CASH PAYMENTS FOR MARGARET BY NEXT WEDS NOV 26th- paying on the day of our meal is no longer acceptable 👍🏻

18/11/2025

Slight change to our planned Teignmouth WTW walk tomorrow due to couple of us not feeling 100% fit we won’t be walking up Breakneck Hill after all😁

We will still be catching the number 8O Country bus from the stop by WH Smith’s/TG Jones at 10.30am up to Hazeldown School NB this bus does not go past Teignmouth PO

From the school we will be walking back along Maudlin Drive and then along St David’s Rd and on down Woodway Rd with possibly another detour before we reach town - our refreshment stop will be at Wetherspoons in town 👍🏻

Please meet up by the pier around 10am as usual and don’t forget to bring along your menu choices and FULL payments for our Dec10th WTW Christmas Lunch - thank you 👍🏻

16/11/2025

Teignmouth WTW walkers please check your emails now for menu choices, prices and booking info for our 12.30pm Christmas Lunch on Dec 10th

NB all full payments and bookings must be completed by Weds.Nov 26th otherwise there will be place for you on Dec 10th
Thank you

11/11/2025

Regrettably or rather sensibly tomorrow's WTW walk has just been cancelled- mainly due to the forecast of more dreadful weather - Ann P and I believe it's best we all stay home in the dry tomorrow

08/11/2025

Good turn out last week ie Weds Nov 5th 17 TGC walkers led by Ann P walked from the pier over to Shaldon then up to Homeyards Botanical Gardens

REMINDER next Weds Nov 12th we're meeting up near the pier 10.15am then catching the 10.33am number 11 Torquay bus from Teignmouth Post Office bus stop to St Marychurch bus stop opposite Furrough Cross Church .We're visiting Tessier Gardens. Sorry, no dogs allowed in gdns then on to Babbacombe Downs before exploring Walls Hill .Refreshments at nearby cafe or pub .Hourly buses back leave Torquay 40 mins past the hour

06/11/2025

Steps collapsed at bottom of Smugglers Lane

29/10/2025

As planned this morning‘s walk was a guided tour of the scattered 49 Commonwealth War Graves in Teignmouth old cemetery - 4 of us went up from town on the 80 Country bus to Hazeldown school then met up with another 8 walkers at the cemetery - we had a lovely surprise as one of our original WTW walkers Chris P joined us for the tour 👍🏻

We started from by the Commonwealth War Graves noticeboard near the cemetery buildings where I added a new Remembrance wreath on behalf of Friends of Teignmouth Cemetery volunteers

I then lead the walkers on a full tour through of the cemetery stopping at all 49 CWG to give a little information about name, service rank ,date and age at death plus cause of death

The youngest was aged 16 and eldest 61 when they lost their lives , 2 died in gun accidents in the UK ,4 died along with family members during WW2 enemy bombing raids on Teignmouth , others died of flu,TB ,pneumonia,bronchitis or during surgery,one as a result of gassing, one during a Luftwaffe raid on RN barracks in Plymouth ,another during the Plymouth Blitz when a communal air raid shelter in Plymouth was hit killing 72 people …

NB the majority of the official CWG memorial stones are Portland stone,8 are Stancliffe stone and a couple are Botticino stone

We were half way through the tour when the light drizzle started however everyone seemed keen to carry on so we did …finishing by 11.30am - thankfully the rain had eased by then

4 of us walked back to town and went to a cafe for our refreshments

Apologies to all who got wet footwear and had lots of grass cuttings to remove from their shoes at home !

REMINDER next week‘s walk on Weds Nov 5th will be lead by Ann P - meet up near the pier by 10am ready to leave at 10.15am for the walk over to Shaldon where you’ll either be going up to the Homeyards Botanical Gardens or onto Ness Beach via Ness Tunnel👍🏻

27/10/2025

Gosh 10 years ago - 4 Teignmouth Walk this Way walkers in the picture !

28.10.15 Teignmouth News - sponsored walk on reopened sea wall

22/10/2025

16 Teignmouth WTW members, including 2 new walkers plus Milo the dog enjoyed another lovely walk earlier today

As planned, we caught the 11 Torquay bus just after 10.30am .

We got off our bus at Wellswood then walked on up,along and down the lovely peaceful Lincombe Drive

Our walk then took us on further downhill to Torquay Harbour

12 of us had refreshments at the Lighthouse cafe ,2 others went to a different cafe ,1 went shopping and another went off for a haircut 👍🏻

Few of us went for a quick wander around the harbourside area and nearby shops - at Hoopers we managed to resist the £1k handbag reduced to £900+😁

We all managed to catch the same bus home arriving in Teignmouth by 2.30pm

REMINDER next week we're on a guided tour of Teignmouth old cemetery to see the 49 Commonwealth War Graves and to view the knitted Remembrance Poppies display

We'll be catching the number 80 Country bus at 9.50am from the WH Smiths/TG Jones bus stop in town or if you prefer meet us by the Commonweath War Graves notice board near the middle of the lime tree avenue driveway in the old cemetery

NB paths in cemetery are mainly grass,there are no toilets and DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED within the cemetery

16/10/2025

We’ll go and check out the path repairs in November …

16/10/2025

Great to have this footpath made safer again 👍🏻

15/10/2025

Super new walk for our Teignmouth Walk this Way group this morning - researched & led by Ann L

Enjoyable though slightly longer walk than usual in Exeter - 3 Parks & a River + 3 stations !

We ie 15 of us caught the 9.40am train from Teignmouth and we’re joined by 3 more of our walkers at Dawlish

As planned we started our circular walk at Exeter Central station after a quick welcome to our new walker

Ann led us down through an area of Exeter most of us were unfamiliar with to the river near the Mill on the Exe pub .After crossing the bridge we walked alongside the river to St Thomas . We managed to avoid the temptation of numerous shops and were soon walking through our first park ie St Thomas Pleasure Gardens .Then it was back along the riverside towards St David’s station - there was an unfortunate incident with a bad tempered cyclist who rode into one of our walkers legs claiming angrily that she’d rung her bell ie whilst attempting to ride at speed close to the waters edge !

We were soon crossing the bridge then railway lines by St David’s Station - next we walked uphill towards Central Station .After stopping for a discussion ref refreshment stop choice we all went to the The Imperial a very large and grand Weatherspoons - full of students from the nearby university and college !

After our drinks plus yummy Christmas cake (brought to share by one of our walkers )we walked on through our 2nd park ie Bury Meadow Park and on on to our 3rd park ie Northernhay Gardens

A few walkers went off shopping in Exeter and the majority caught the train home from the nearby Central Station

Many thanks again to Ann L for leading us all on such a lovely new walk 👍🏻

REMINDER next Weds walk Oct 22nd -meet up near the pier by around 10am then we’re catching the 10.33am Torquay 11 bus from Teignmouth Post Office to Wellswood .

We’re walking along the lovely Lincombe Drive then down to Torquay Harbour for refreshments before catching our bus home - hourly buses back at 40 mins past the hour from nearby Torwood St 👍🏻