Warfleet Creek
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Warfleet Creek is a small triangular tidal inlet in the west side of the River Dart estuary in England. It is near Dartmouth, Devon. It has steep rocky sides. At low tide there is a stony beach with some small rockpools.
British Underwater Centre
The British Underwater Centre was one of the premises along its north side. It had anchorage for boats, and facilities for training in
Dartmouth Pottery
The creek was home to Dartmouth Pottery, a local landmark building which has had many uses over 400 years, now converted to residential and holiday apartments.
Etymology
According to "The place-names of Devon", by J E B Gover, A Mawer and F M Stenton, volume 1 page 321, the etymology is uncertain. But since all early spellings start with Wal- or Wel-, it is not named after the "war fleets" of the
See also
References
- ^ "British pioneer diver Trevor Hampton - Divernet". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
Trevor was in at the start of sport diving in Britain after WWII, establishing the first school for amateur divers at his idyllic home on Devon's Dart Estuary
External links
- image (3264 x 2448 pixels, 1724k, jpg). (The white object on the water just above the bottom bush or treetop is a small one-man pedalo, for scale.)
50°20′35″N 3°34′22″W / 50.34306°N 3.57278°W