News in Dawlish

There was one flood in particular that shook the town more than two centuries ago, when Dawlish had just evolved from a fishing village into a fashionable place to visit at the turn of the 19th century - a transformation noticed by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and John Keats, who mentioned the town in their writings.

On the night of 9 November 1810, this week 211 years ago, the Brook flooded with water from the Haldon Hills, and a significant amount of new developments in the town were destroyed.

Calls to extend a 30mph speed limit along a 'death trap' road in Newton Abbot have been rejected, but other safety improvements will be made.

Currently the eastern entrance to the town on Shaldon Road, just past the junction with Haytor Drive to Milber service station industrial units, has a 40mph limit before it drops to 30 nearer the town centre.

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The Dawlish branch of the Fulfords estate agency has won three awards from a customer review platform.

It received bronze awards for the categories of 'Best Letting Agent for Landlords', 'Best Letting Agent for Tenants', and won the 'Best Letting Agent in County for Tenants' category at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards 2021 in London, hosted by TV presenter Phil Spencer.

Dawlish is set to mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday this year with an in-person silence, parade, and church services.

Remembrance events were called off last year by Dawlish Town Council due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

No.1 Café on Queen Street in Dawlish is now offering handwritten, personalised letters from Santa delivered to your home.

To take part, your child can post their letter to Santa in the post box inside the café. They will then receive a letter inside a wax-sealed envelope with North Pole stamps between 27 November and 21 December.

Exmouth RNLI volunteers were on a training exercise [yesterday] evening when they were diverted to rescue a female who had fallen between Ness Cove and Labrador Bay near Teignmouth, Devon.

At 8.03pm [on] Wednesday 10 November 2021, the volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI all weather lifeboat 13-03 R & J Welburn were tasked by H.M. Coastguard after a call from a 56-year-old female who had fallen near cliffs between Ness Cove and Labrador Bay, Teignmouth. H.M. Coastguard Rescue Teams and Devon and Cornwall Police assisted in the assignment.

We've put together a round-up of events happening over the next few days in Dawlish.

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