The Daymark — Attraction in South Hams

"THE DAYMARK"..

Originally constructed as a navigation aid to 'The Dartmouth Estuary'..

Start your coastal walk to Brixham, Dartmouth, Torquay from here, average time of '4/8 hours' from Brixham to Dartmouth + see if you can get back by the time the sun sets..

8 hours gives you time to photograph this rocky, at times, precipitous, dangerous coastline, so leave your flip flops at home, as navigating these high cliffs in damp conditions requires walking boots, skill..

A heritage geological protected Coast Walk that will test your fitness, descending, ascending, the 'climb almost' back to the Coast Path from sea level, at various places on the Coast Path, greets your effort with 'scenic views', though you can take 'short cuts', only walking to "MANSANDS", "BROWNSTONE BATTERY"..

Summer offers many species of Butterfly's, House Martins, Swifts, Swallows, which are on their migratory flight to South Africa, via their roosting sites at Slapton Fresh Water Lagoon..

You might even see a few hundred Canada Geese flying along the coast to Dawlish, flying as fast as they can so to arrive by night fall..

"THE DAYMARK"..

You can observe the "START POINT LIGHT HOUSE at night from here..

Observe + Photograph The Sun as it Sets over...

The Daymark is a historical navigation feature a short walk from a National Trust car park. Just down the hill you can join the South Devon coast path and walk as many miles as you like in either direction. There's a walking loop that goes via The Daymark to the coast path, east for a while along the coast, then back up towards the car park. The board in the car park estimates 1 hour 15 minutes for the walk but I reckon it's closer to 1 hour 45. Trainers are fine for getting to The Daymark but proper walking shoes would be better for the coast path. The views are...

Reasonably interesting construction, built to aid navigation in the mid-to-late 1800s. There's not a great view of the coast from it and there's nothing to do there (we had a small picnic under it) but there's an interesting National Coastwatch station (NCI) a short walk down the road. The construction itself is interesting but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit. We walked to it from Kingswear, along the coast path, approximately 5km, lots of changes in altitude,...