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Kingsteignton

Kingsteignton, is a town and civil parish in south Devon, England.

Kingsteignton
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The place

Kingsteignton, is a town and civil parish in south Devon, England. It lies at the head of the Teign Estuary to the west of Teignmouth in the Teignbridge district. It is bypassed by the A380 and is also on the A383, A381, B3193 and B3195. Kingsteignton is currently represented in Parliament by Martin Wrigley, as part of the Newton Abbot constituency. Local schools include: Rydon Primary School, Teign School, Kingsteignton school and Saint Michael's Church of England School.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kingsteignton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Newton Abbot

    Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. It lies near the River Teign and Whitelake, approximately 26 miles southwest of Plymouth, 13 miles southwest of Exeter, and 40 miles north-northeast of Taunton.

    1.1 km · market town and civil parish in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    West Ogwell Church

    West Ogwell Church in Ogwell, Devon, England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    5.9 km · church in West Ogwell, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cow Cave

    Cow Cave is a limestone cave system which is situated on the south side of the Chudleigh Rocks, close to the town of Chudleigh, Devon, England. It is listed as a Scheduled Monument by Historic England and was first listed in 1992.

    5.7 km · cave in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hackney Canal

    The Hackney Canal was a short canal in Devon, England, that linked the Hackney Clay Cellars to the River Teign. It was privately built by Lord Clifford in 1843, and throughout its life carried ball clay for use in the production of pottery.

    1.3 km · canal in Devon, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bradley

    Bradley is a medieval manor house in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It is set amongst woodland and meadows in the valley of the River Lemon about a half mile to the west of the main town.

    3 km · National Trust medieval manor house near Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Passmore Edwards Centre

    The Passmore Edwards Centre is a grade II listed building in Newton Abbot, Devon, in England. It was built as a library and technical school by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards in memory of his mother who was born in the town.

    2.1 km · public library in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Forde House

    Forde House, now known as Old Forde House, is a Grade I listed former manor house dating in back to c. 1550 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The building was substantially enlarged c. 1610 and is noted for its fine 17th-century wood-carving and plasterwork.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed building in Teignbridge, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Leonards Tower

    St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot, popularly known as The Clock Tower, is a Grade II* listed building in Newton Abbot. It was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a Gothic-style church and was the site of William III's first proclamation in England.

    2.2 km · clock tower in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    South Devon UTC

    South Devon UTC is a mixed University Technical College located in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It opened in 2015 and caters for students aged 14–19 years.

    1.6 km · college in Devon, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Teign Bridge

    The Teign Bridge is a road bridge over the River Teign near Kingsteignton, Devon carrying the Exeter Road across the river. It has been Grade II listed since 1987.

    1.2 km · bridge in Teigngrace, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kingsteignton

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 96 km · Bristol (BRS), 112 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 241 km
Stations
Newton Abbot railway station, 1.8 km
  • Cardiff → Kingsteignton
    107 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £18–24
  • Bristol → Kingsteignton
    122 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £14–18
  • London → Kingsteignton
    264 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · £27–37
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kingsteignton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextBrixham – A small fishing town, reachable by ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Torquay, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

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  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    162 km
  3. 03
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    509 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    569 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    604 km

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