100 - 106 Drew Street
10 -14 Bolton Street
109, 111 and 113 Milton Street
10 and 12 Temperance Place
10 The Quay
110, 112 and 114 Drew Street
11 - 14 Overgang
111 New Road
1 - 14 Heath Rise, Heath Road
115 & 117 New Road
12, 14 & 16 Ranscombe Road
121 New Road
1, 2 & 3 Heath Road
127 - 133 Mount Pleasant Road
127 and 127A Berry Head road

Walk past the overflow car park for Shoalstone and turn right to return to Shoalstone Car Park, opposite number 127A Berry Head Road.

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12 and 14 Higher Street
1, 2 and 3 St Mary's Road
1, 2 and 3 The Quay
133 Mount Pleasant Road
1, 3 and 5 Church Street
13 The Quay
14 & 16 King Street
141 Milton Street
1 - 5 & 10 - 12 St Mary's Square, Drew Street
15 - 29 Heath Rise, Heath Road
16 and 18 Higher Street
18 & 20 Ranscombe Road
19 Burton Street
19 New Road
1 and 3 Milton Street
1 Market Street
1 Paradise Place
1 Prings Court
1 Southdown Avenue
20 (The Old Bakery) and 22 Higher Street
21 Milton Street
22 and 23 St Peter's Hill

These houses are high up on the cliff, accessed from St Peter;s Hill.  There is no public access.

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2 - 4 Cavern Road
25, 27 and 29 Higher Street
27 & 27A The Quay
28 & 28A The Quay
29 & 31 King Street
2 and 3 Bakers Hill
2 Church Street
2 Greenbank Road

Continuing along New Road you reach the intersection with Holwell Road. Turn left into Greenbank Road to see No 2.

It is at this point that the New Road stream emerges from culverts for a short distance.

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30 and 32 Higher Street
31, 33 & 35 Ranscombe Road
33 King Street
36 - 42 Bolton Street

Continue down bolton Street until you reach a block of terraced houses on the right hand side, nos 36 - 42, next to the old Church and former YES building.

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36 Milton Street
37mm Anti Aircraft Gun Position
39 - 49 Ranscombe Road
3 - 9 Higher Street
39 Milton Street
3 Prings Court
48 and 50 Higher Street
4 Church Street
4 Higher Street
4 The Quay
51 & 53 King Street
55 New Road
5, 6 and 7 The Quay
5, 7 (Stone Beams Cottage) and 9 Burton Street
5 Prings Court
60 - 66 Drew Street
61 Drew Street
62 and 64 Bolton Street
6, 6A and 6B Prings Court
68 and 70 Drew Street
69 Drew Street
6 and 8 Temperance Place
6 Fore Street
6 New Road
71 Drew Street
73 South Furzeham Road
74 Middle Street
75 & 77 King Street
75 South Furzeham Road
7 to 29 Temperance Place
8 - 16 Horsepool Street
81 - 87 inc Old Beams (83) and Bakers Lodge (87) Milton Street
82 and 84 Drew Street
83 & 85 King Street
85 and 85A New Road
87 and 89 Drew Street
87, New Road
9 - 15 Milton Street
91 Drew Street
Aladdins, 76 Middle Street
All Saints Church, Church Street
Angel Cottage, 96A Drew Street
Annie Tolcher's Cottage, 38 Milton Street
April Cottage (103), 105 and 107 Milton Street
Art & Craft Studios, St Mary's Yard, Horsepool Street
Artillery Store
Ash House, Parkham Lane
Aylmer, 61 Milton Street
Aylmer House, 3 Dashpers

After viewing Aylmer House retrace your steps back to Burton Street, pausing at Rosslare Villa.

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Badgers Run and Quarry House
Bakers Cottage, 4 Bakers Hill
Baptist Church Hall, Brewery Lane
Battery Observation Post, Battery Gardens
Beau Regard and The Lookout
Bees Cottage, Polhearne Lane
Berry Head Bird Hide
Berry Head Farm, Berry Head Road
Berry Head Hotel
Berry Head Hotel Monument
Berry Head Lighthouse
Berry Head Lime Kiln
Berry Head Rocks, Berry Head Road
Blackball Lane Ochre Kilns
Black Cottage Guest House, 17 Milton Street
Board of Ordnance Boundary Stone 1, Berry Head

On reaching the first kissing gate, you observe the No 1 Board of Ordnance Boundary Stone on the left by the side of the gate.

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Board of Ordnance Boundary Stone 3, Berry Head
Boundary Stone, Garden wall of The Battery
Brandywine House (60) and Shotover Cottage (60A) Higher Street
Brandywine House (60) and Shotover Cottage (60A) Higher Street
Brimlands Court

After crossing over Beverley Rise, you reach Brimlands Court.

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Brixham Baptist Church, Market Street
Brixham Battery Museum
Brixham Cavern, 107 Mount Pleasant Road
Brixham Conservative Club
Brixham Fish Market
Brixham Harbour Memorial, New Pier
Brixham Laboratories
Brixham Masonic Temple, Church Street
Brixham Methodist Church, 30 Milton Street
Brixham Museum/Old Police House
Brixham Pottery, Milton Street
Brixham Slipway and Hard

Continue along Marina Walk, passing the Brixham Marina, until you reach the Breakwater Slipway and Hard and the Breakwater.

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Brixham's 'Lost' Castle
Brixham's Walk of Fame, Brixham Breakwater

At a higher level, set on the Breakwater, is Brixham's Walk of Fame.  To access it you need to go behind the hire hut and through a narrow gap next to Breakwater Beach.

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Brixham Town Hall
Brixham Villa, 123 New Road
Brixham War Memorial
Brixham Yacht Club, Overgang Road

To the right of the path is the tender storage and the boat facilities of the Brixham Yacht Club.

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Brookdale, 21 Horsepool Street
Brookdale, 21 Horsepool Street
Brown's Linen Shop, 71 - 73 Middle Street
Bullers Arms

Turn left and follow the pavement until it is safe to cross over the road by the bus stop and King William statue. to view The Bullers Arms.

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Burton Court, 31 Burton Street and The Granary, 31A
Burton Villa, Burton Street/Burton Villa Close
Campion House, Berry Head Road
Castle Cottage, 82 Overgang
Castle Hill Gun Battery, Victoria Road
Castor Cottage, Castor Road
Castor Farm House and Castor Stores, Castor Road
Castor Farm Industrial Estate
Cemetery Chapel, Drew Street
Chandlers Cottage, 56 and 58 Higher Street
Church Farm, 93 Drew Street
Church of St Mary The Virgin, Drew Street
Church to Our Lady, Star of the Sea, 43 New Road
Cliff Cottage

After reaching Cliff Cottage, about turn and walk back down the path to the junction and continue downwards along the Overgang path and steps back to the Quay.

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Coach House to Aylmer, Milton Street
Coastguard Cottages, 14 - 32 Berry Head Road
Coastguard Lookout, Berry Head
Coastguard Station, 12 Berry Head Road
Cobblers Cottage, 1A & No 1 Higher Street
Combe Bank, Lindthorpe Way
Compass Memorial, Berry Head
Compass South, 58C Milton St
Corner House, New Road
Crabbers Cottage, 10 Ranscombe Road
Crocus Cottage, 4 Prings Court
Dalverton Court, Blackball Lane
Diesel Generator Room
Douglas House
Dovecote Base, Eveleigh Close

Walk past Everleigh House and turn left into Everleigh Close.  The Dovecot Base is in the gardedn of Everleigh House.

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Dragon's Tail
Drake House, 34 Bolton Street
Duke of Clarence Tablet, New Pier
Duke of Clarence Tablet on New Pier,
Durl Head Lime Kiln

To the right of the path, hidden away now from view in the shrubs, is Durl Head lime kiln.  This is no longer accessible and it would be dangerous to attempt to reach it as the cliffs are crumbly in this area.

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Earlier Brixham Battery History
Eastern Quay Telephone Box
Education Resource Room, Berry Head
Edwardian Villas, Manor Road
Emergency B.O.P
Emergency Water Supply (EWS)
Eveleigh House, Doctors Road
Fairway, Parkham Lane
Fair Winds, The Pines & Pine Ridge, Parkham Lane
Firwood Lodge, Parkham Glade
Fisherman's Church, St Peter's Hill

As you walk down St Peter's Hill you will see a mural and plaque on the wall of St Peter's Church of fruit.

Full details on this mural can be found under the 'Murals and Street Art' theme.

https:/brixhamwalks.org/map_all/All%20Murals%20and%20Street%20Art/
 

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Flagstones, 125 Mount Pleasant Road
Flour Flower, 40 Middle Street
Former Salvation Army Hall, Bolton Street
Former United Reform Church/YES Building, Bolton Street
Front Wall and gate to Eveleigh House, Doctors Road
Furzeacre

On the left of Higher Furzeham road you will reach a house called Furzeacre, the site of the Wolston Quarry for ochre.

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Furzeham Court House, 1 Station Hill
Furzeham Rope Walk

Turn left and walk up Rope Walk Hill, tracing the path of one of the original rope walks.

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Gatehouse & Gates, St Mary's Church, Drew Street
Gate Piers at Upton Manor, Upton Manor Road
Gate Piers to Furzeham Court House, 1 Station Hill
Gateway to Wolborough House
Gourock Ropewalk Company Ltd
Great Gate
Great Gate Toll House, Bolton Street/Burton Street
Greenover Farmhouse, 25 Horsepool Street
Greenover Farmhouse, 25 Horsepool Street
Greenover Farm Stables, Horsepool Street
Greenover Orchard, 25A Horsepool Street
Grenville House
Grenville House, Berry Head Road
Grosvenor House, 1 and 3 New Road
Guard House, Magazine and Blast Wall at Southern Fort
Halfway House, Heath Road
Harbour View Hotel, 65 King Street
Hardy's Head Battery, Berry Head
Hearthstone and Hearthstone East, 40 and 42 Milton Street
Heath Court, Heath Road
Herons Rest, Parkham Lane
Hill House, 22 Horsepool Street
Hill House Nursing Home, 22 Horsepool Street
Hortus House, 52 Milton Street
Hubbard Engineering, Furze Lane

Turning away from No 1 Paradise Place, you enter Furze Lane, a small side street leading to the Strand, lined with old engineering and boat supplies warehouses and workshops.

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Ickle Cottage, 32A Milton Street
K9 Telephone Box, St Mary's Square, Drew Street
Kiln Path Lime Kilns
Kings House, 69 King Street
Kinver, Parkham Lane
Lakeman's Brewery, Brewery Lane
'Lauriston' 72 New Road
Laywell Cottage, 63 Milton Street
Laywell House, Summer Lane

If you wish to cextend your walk further to view Laywell House in Summer Lane, you can continue walking straight ahead along Mathill Road, passing Park Avenue and Mathill Close on the left, until you reach the junction of Mathill Road and Summer Lane.

Laywell House is on the corner.  There is not a lot to see as the building is closed and the site is awaiting redevelopment.

Retrace your steps back to the mini roundabout and turn right into Drew Street again.

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Lemonade Factory
Lime Kiln, New Road

At the corner of the EV car parking look out for the Lime Kiln in the cliff above the Sainsburys garage,

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Limestone Quarry, Berry Head
Lurzon, 46 Milton Street
Lyte House & Church House, 24 - 26 Bolton Street
'Man and Boy' statue, Kings Quay
Marina Court, Heath Road
Marina Drive Houses
Marina House, Heath Road
Marjon, 2 Prings Court
Mayflower Court, 24 and 26 Middle Street
Methodist Church, Fore Street
Mile Post, New Road
Milton Cottage, 101 Milton Street
Milton House, Milton Street
Moorings Reach and Admirals Quay

Continue following alongside the harbour onto the Marina Walk passing Moorings Reach and Admirals Quay modern housing complexes built on the site of the old Uphams shipbuilding yards.

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My Brixham - Fishing Art Display Boards

Walk alongside the Fish Market and view the art installation boards on brixham and the fishing industry.

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Napoleonic Fort Guardhouse, Berry Head
New Barn, Burton Road
New Presbytery, New Road
New Quay Inn, New Quay Lane
New Road Cliff Lime Kiln
No 1 Gun Floor
No 2 Gun Floor
No 2 Search Light, Battery Gardens
Norton House, next to 18 Milton Street
Number 1 Search Light, Battery Gardens
Nut Tree Cottage, 60 & 60A Milton Street
Nut Tree Court, 51 Milton Street
Nut Tree House, 58 Milton Street
Old Mill Court

On the left hand side of Bolton Street you pass the entrance to Old Mill Court.

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Old Rope Factory
Ostend Place

Opposite the New Quay Inn is a small side lane, Ostend Place.  Please do not walk directly into the lane as it is private property.  The houses here can also be viewed from St Peter's Steps.

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Overgang

Walk along Overgang, passing the old railway arches on the left.


Overgang and the hillside around this area of Brixham was often referred to as Shade by locals.


The reference Up Shade came from the fact there were fish drying sheds on Furzeham Green, which became corrupted into Shade instead of shed, so fishermen would talk of taking their fish Up Shade to the sheds.

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Park Court
Park Court
Parkham Glade Houses
Parkham Glade, Wren Hill
Parkham Lane Houses, Parkham Lane

Follow Parkham Lane along and upwards, passing the terraces of Victorian houses on the right hand side and turning sharp right on the bend.

At the top flat level you will see a variety of contemporary houses desoigned by Malcolm Chapman.

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Parkham Towers, Wren Hill
Parkham Towers, Wren Hill
Parkham Villa, 11 Burton Street

On the left hand side of Wren Hill is the entrance to Parkham Villa, although it is officially listed as being at 11 Burton Street.

 

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Parkham Wood House, Parkham Road
Park View, Parkham Lane
Penrose House, Black House, Friars Pardon, Black House, Black Friars House, 19 Milton Street
Perch Rock, 28 Mount Pleasant Road
Pillbox

In the bottom corner of the site we find a concrete pillbox overlooking Brixham harbour.

 

Passing the Pillbox on the right, continue along and down steep steps to arrive alongside the harbour and Brixham Laboratories.

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Pomeroy Cottage, 98 Drew Street
Portland View, Parkham Lane
Pound Cottage (24) and Pound House (26) Milton Street

 

 

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Pound Cottage (No 24) and Pound House (No 26), with Front Garden Wall and Gate, Milton Street
Poverty Hall, 23 and 25 Milton Street
Primrose Properties office, 22 Middle Street
Prince of Orange Monument
Pump Street Buildings

Pump Street has several old buildings of note, especially the old Co-operative Store on the right and the storage and boat maintenance buildings.

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Quayside Hotel, King Street
Queens Arms Public House, 31 Station Hill
Ramparts, Counterscarp Revetment, Glacis, Musketry Wall of Southern Fort
Ramparts, Revetments, North Battery Platform, North and South Musketry Walls of Northern Fort
Ranscombe Court, Ranscombe Road
Ranscombe House Hotel, 30 Ranscombe Road
Rea Barn House, 2 Rea Barn Road
Retaining Wall to Overgang
Rifle Post No. 1, Battery Gardens
Rifle Post No 2, Battery Gardens
Ring O Bells Public House, site of 72, 74 & 76 Drew St
RNLI HQ= Coastguard Station, Southern Quay

Opposite the Man and Boy statue is the RNLI shop and HQ, formerly the Coastguard Station.

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Rock Bank House, South Furzeham Road
Rock Bank West, and Rocklands House Higher Manor Road
Rocket House, Berry Head Road
Rock House, Berry Head Road
Rose Cottage, 15 Horsepool Street
Rosslare Villa, Burton Street
Royal Observer Corps Post, Berry Head
Sampford House, 57 & 59 King Street
Samphire Lodge, 113 New Road

You are now passing four examples of large Victorian villas built in the heyday of upmarket tourism in the Torbay area.

 

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Seldom Seen, 17 Overgang
Seldom Seen, 17 Overgang
Seldom Seen, Overgang
Sentry Box in Northern Fort, Berry Head
Shellfish Jetty

Projecting out from the Oxencove car park, in front of Dalverton Court flats, is the Shellfish Jetty.

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Shipwreck Monument
Shoalstone Point Battery, Berry Head Road
Shoalstone Pool
Southern Fort Kitchen Ruins
Southern Fort walls
Southern Quay Wall, Brixham Harbour

Continue following the Harbour around to the Southern Quay.

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Spiral Lodge, Parkham Lane
Sprat & Mackeral Public House, 24 The Quay
Station Hill Railway Arch
St Kilda, 15 Drew Street
St Kilda Terrace, 17 and 19 Drew Street
Stonewater, Polhearne Lane
Sunnybank, 6 and 8 Station Hill
Sunpark, 1 Park Avenue
SW Water Cryptosporidium
Tall Order, 33 Overgang
Telephone Exchange, New Road
Temperance Place Steps
The Aircraft Signal Beacon
The Altitude Pillar
The Altmark, Battery Gardens
The Battery, Berry Head Road
The Bell Public House
The Bell Public House, 108 Drew Street
The Birdcage/Bolton Hotel, Bolton Street
The Blue Anchor Pub, King Street
The Brixham Cavern, 107 Mount Pleasant
The Burton Public House, Burton Street
The Chapel House, 72 Drew Street
The Cottage Hotel, 65 Windmill Hill
The Crown & Anchor Public House, 23 The Quay
The Goat House, 18 Horsepool Street
The Golden Hind, The Strand

Walking past the Old Fish Market, you can see the Golden Hind replica attraction, scene of many a skirmish and cannon fire during the popular Pirate Festival in May each year.

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The Harbour Walls
The Lemonade Factory, Greenswood Road
The Lodge and the Lilacs, 20 and 22 Milton Street
The Manor Public House, 28 Higher Street
The Maritime, 79 King Street
The Old Coaching Inn, Fore Street
The Old Custom House, Overgang
The Old Custom House, Overgang
The Old Dairy Industrial Complex
The Old Farm Industrial complex
The Old Fish Market, The Quay
The Old Forge, Burton Street
The Old Market House, The Strand
The Old Paint Factory

Continue along New Road until you reach the complex of buildings that was the Old Paint Factory.

When the pavement runs out opposite Brewers Paints cross over the road for safety.

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The Old Post Office/Post House, 94A and 94B Drew Street
The old Royal British Legion Hall, Bakers Hill
The Other Garden, South Furzeham Road
The Prince of Orange Monument, The Quay
The Prince of Orange Statue, The Strand

Continue alongside the harbour until you reach the Prince of Orange statue, known affectionately in the town as 'King Billy' and visited yearly by the Protestant Orange Order, with a parade through the town.

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The Rising Sun Public House, 8 The Quay
The Shell Shop, 9 The Quay
The Shell Shop, The Quay
The Skipper Public House, 57 Drew Street
The Southern Fort loading dock
The War Shelter, Battery Gardens
Thor House, 20 Bolton Street
Tollgate House, New Road
Torfrey, 95 King Street
Touchwood, Parkham Lane
Trosbie Cottage, 18 Milton Street
Tudor Cottage 69 and Crispian Cottage, 71 Milton Street and 1 Summer Lane
Tumbleweed and Juniper, Shinners Steps
Turnpike Stone, The Quay
Upton Manor Farm, now Orchard House
Upton Manor & Manor Wing, Upton Manor Road
Valletorte Drive and Valletorte Close houses
Verbena, 47 Milton Street
Victorian Gun Rails
View of Perch Rock, 28 Mount Pleasant Road
View of Tumbleweed, and Juniper, Shinners Steps
Vikuna, Polhearne Lane
Waterdance operations, Oxencove
Waterloo House, 81 King Street
Watermans Arms Public House, Drew Street
Waypoint, 6 Berry Head Road
Windmill Base, Windmill Hill
Windmill Cottage, 25 Windmill Hill
Wolborough House, Berry Head Road
World War 2 Battery History
Ye Old Coffin House, Temperance Place