Dartmouth’s Mayflower Heritage Trail will tell a local story, and its relationship with the wider voyage undertaken by the Pilgrims. It will paint a picture of C17th Dartmouth, as it was when the Pilgrims sailed into the harbour in 1620. There will be well-presented educational content, including a digital app to enhance the story. Dartmouth’s Trail is linked to the National Mayflower Trail that will chart the story of the Pilgrims from their birthplaces to their settlement in the New World. You can download the Mayflower Self-Guided Tours app, an innovative and informative free app that provides users with free, easy to follow self-guided tours of the UK towns, cities and villages connected to the Mayflower, including the Dartmouth Town Trail.
The Dartmouth Trail will consist of three sections:
1) A Town Trail that will take visitors around the historic streets and points of interest: The Museum, Pillory Square, The Butterwalk (1635), St. Saviours Church (1372), Agincourt House (14th century), Bayards Cove (1539) and Bayards Cove Fort (1510), where the Mayflower and Speedwell were moored in 1620.
2) A Packhorse Trail that will link Townstal – the original settlement – with the port, beginning at St Clements Church (14th century & the ‘Mother Church’), Old Mill Creek, and down one of the ancient packhorse routes – with many interesting historic buildings along the route.
3) A Castle Trail will take visitors from Bayards Cove to Dartmouth Castle (1488), St Petrox Church (1641) and the Civil War fieldworks on Gallant’s Bower (1642).
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