Walk This Way Teignmouth

10/12/2025

Dry sunny weather for our walk around town this morning - our Christmas time walk lead by Neil where 17 of us sang verses of Christmas Carols at town centre churches and religious meeting places before our WTW Christmas Meal - an annual WTW tradition !

🌲🌲🌲Afterwards we arrived a little early at the Alice Cross Centre for our booked Christmas Lunch - where we were joined by another 13 walkers and partners 🌲🌲🌲

Many thanks to the Alice Cross chef plus kitchen staff and volunteers for all our lovely lunches 👍🏻

Also thanks again to Margaret and Ann P for collating the walkers menu choices and payments for meals 👍🏻

Special thanks to all who kindly contributed so generously to my cash gift 👍🏻

REMINDER our next Teignmouth WTW walk is on Dec 17th - meet up near the pier around 10am as usual - we’re catching the 10.18am number 2 bus Exeter from Teignmouth Post Office bus stop to Marine Stores- then walking on down the lane to Dawlish Warren and onwards to our refreshment stop at the Anchor Inn Cockwood 👍🏻

03/12/2025

Super walk for 20 Teignmouth Walk this Way walkers this morning - weather sunny though chilly however once walking we soon warmed up !

16 of us went on the bus from to St Marychurch where as arranged we met up with another 4 of our walkers

We started with a circuit of the lovely Tessier Gardens - lots of very porky looking squirrels around almost being hand fed by other visitors to the gardens 😁

Several of our walkers hadn’t been in the gardens before - we must do a return visit in 2026 when either the wisteria or dahlias are in bloom !

We then enjoyed a stroll along Babbacombe Downs with it’s stunning views out along the coast to East Devon and beyond👍🏻

Next we did a circuit of Walls Hill exploring new pathways and again seeing some wonderful coastal views - due to recent wet weather the paths were rather muddy thankfully none of us took a tumble 😁

At the end of the walk 2 went for coffee,11 of us went to The Royal for our drinks and the others left for home - 11 of us caught the 1.50pm bus home arriving in Teignmouth around 2.20pm

REMINDER next week DEC 10th it’s our annual WTW Christmas LUNCH 12.30pm at the ALICE CROSS CENTRE in town

The lunch is now fully booked and paid for by our WTW walkers - many thanks to Margaret and Ann P for collecting and collating menus choices and our payments

Next week we’ll have a shorter town centre walk starting later than usual please meet up near the pier by 11am . Neil will be leading the walk where we’ll be singing one or 2 verses of a Christmas Carol outside local churches - or you prefer you may just meet us in time for our lunch at the Alice Cross Centre 👍🏻

01/12/2025

Teignmouth WTW walkers please check your emails for details of future Dec & Jan weekly walks👍🏻

29/11/2025

Maybe a car share trip for our WTW group to explore the new footpaths at Stover in early spring?

Two new footpaths opened today at Stover.

Today we officially opened our two new footpaths, The Serpentine Lake Trail and The Canadian War Memorial Trail. We also unveiled two of the new interpretation boards. 100 people attended the launch including, funders, contractors, community partners and volunteers. In addition, the new site leaflets are now available at the Visitor Hub or take a photo of the map on the new welcome boards. We hope you enjoy exploring the new routes.

The project has been made possible with funding from with thanks to the . and many other funders.

26/11/2025

Overnight frost so weather was chilly but thankfully dry and sunny for our 22 Teignmouth WTW walkers this morning 👍

As planned we caught the number 2 Exeter bus to Port Rd between Dawlish and Cockwood..

After crossing the road we made our way uphill by St Mary's Cottages via the county lane which leads to the top entrance to Dawlish Country Park

After everyone had caught up we headed on up the lane then at the junction we took the road to the right ie Orchard Lane..a lovely downhill walk bringing us down to the footpath alongside the railway line .

We carried on walking to our end of walk refreshment stop at the Anchor Inn Cockwood - where Margaret took more bookings and payments for our WTW Christmas meal at the Alice Cross Centre on Dec 10th

REMINDER next week's walk on Weds Dec 3rd we're meeting up at the pier as usual then catching the 10.33 am number 11 Torquay bus to the stop opposite Furrough Cross Church at St Marychurch

After a quick circuit of Tessier Gdns we'll walk along Babbacombe Downs then explore Walls Hill- afterwards we'll go to a cafe or pub for refreshments before catching our bus home👍

NB emails ref Dec and early Jan 2026 walks will be sent out asap

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👍🏻