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Two pubs - a traditional Hope and Anchor and a more contemporary craft and pizza place next door.

Signs say dogs on leads.... slightly annoying, if your dog likes to cool down with a swim.

Check tide times before you walk this route - this may be obvious on a tidal road, but don't be caught out by rising waters! There is just enough space for cars to slowly pass you, though you may have to stop and give way at some points.

Instagram ready photo spot. Steep downhill to get here. Steep uphill to escape.

Donkey Lane is a walled lane leading down from the church towards the new burial ground. It was originally a church path but now it belongs to the Parish as a Public Footpath.

The road runs out here but there's a short stretch of coast path you can push the bike along over to the next headland where you can pick up asphalt road again rather than cutting back inland. Not advisable with cleats on though.

In 1219 Kingsbridge was owned by the Abbot of Buckfast who needed an outlet where the monks could sell their produce: honey, beeswax, candles, soap and mead. So the Abbot petitioned the Crown for permission to hold a market at Kingsbridge and a Royal Charter was granted. As a Market Town, Kingsbridge has thrived through its independent businesses, often family-run for generations and relying upon the local community's support. A small chapel existed on the site of St. Edmund's Church in the 13th century but the burial ground was at Churchstow, a village two miles to the west. In 1309 the parishioners petitioned the Bishop and complained of the difficulty of carrying their dead "up the mountain" to Churchstow for burial. However it was more than 100 years before permission was granted "to the Abbot and monks of Buckfast to build a church in honour of the blessed Edmund, King and Martyr in their demesne and the vill which is called Kingsbrigg". In 1798 the town mills were converted into a woollen manufactory, which produced large quantities of cloth. During the 19th century the town had an active coastal shipping trade, shipbuilding, a tannery and a large monthly cattle market. The chief exports were cider, corn, malt and slate.

The earliest record of Diptford, mentioned as Bickham, appears in a Charter by King Aethelwulf in AD 847. By 962 AD, it was known as "Beoccan bricge" in King Edgar's charter. Diptford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a small settlement, giving its name to the "Hundred of Diptford," an administrative area in Devon. The village's name derives from the 'deep ford' on the River Avon. A church was built in 1226, expanded in the 15th century. Diptford's school opened in 1845 and became an academy in 2016. Despite limited expansion, Diptford remains a busy and popular village.