The Steps of Brixham
Clump, clump, clump – the heavy tread of the fishermen slowly climbing their way upwards, home from the toil of days at sea.
Clatter, clatter, clatter – the fish hawker wives rushing downwards to load their creels and off to sell door to door, keeping their families in food and board.
Scuffle, dawdle, chatter - children reluctantly dragging their way to school in the morning, climbing the hill, summoned by insistent bells playing their tune on the church tower.
Footsteps echoing through time and history on the Steps of Brixham.
Brixham is renowned for the steep rows of its gaily painted houses clustered around the harbour and the steps that link them together across the town. But do you know the tales that lurk upon them, the characters and lives that haunt them?
Route 2 and its variants ascend out of the town centre to Mount Pleasant exploring the steps on the south side of town
Route 3 takes you up into Furzeham on the north side of town. You will climb all 111 of Manor Steps and return via the Smugglers Inn
Route 5 traverses the southern quay weaving up and down as you make your way to Shoalstone Pool
