SECTION |
ACCESS & EGRESSN.B. These are THE ONLY access & egress points to be used |
DATES AVAILABLE |
ADMIN. FEE |
UPPER/DARTMEETDartmeet to Newbridge Group size max -8 min - 4 |
Launch - downstream of bridge at Dartmeet, through the kissing gate and around the stone wall. Egress - adjacent to Newbridge car park. NB - DO NOT USE THE FRONT AREA OF NEWBRIDGE CAR PARK. |
1st December to 28th February |
£1 per boat number per day . HELMET TAGS ISSUED BY THE LAO MUST BE WORN. |
MIDDLE/LOOPNewbridge to Waterworks Bridge Group size max - 15 |
Launch - adjacent to Newbridge car park. Egress - Waterworks Bridge, right bank . (Please note that there is no longer an egress point at Holne Bridge) |
1st October to 15th March (NB Bookings must be specified dates within the Thursday to Wednesday booking period ) |
£1 per boat number per Thursday to Wednesday period HELMET TAGS ISSUED BY THE LAO MUST BE WORN. |
LOWERHolne Bridge to Totnes |
Launch - Waterworks Bridge, right bank in Riverdart Adventures (formerly Dart Country Park). Egress - Buckfast, between old and new road bridges on left. The Little Chef business has now closed (part of a national downsizing programme). The situation with regard to parking there is unknown at present. |
1st October to 31st January (NB Bookings must be specified dates within the Thursday to Wednesday booking period ) |
£1 per boat number per Thursday to Wednesday period NUMBERS ISSUED BY THE LAO MUST BE DISPLAYED ON BOATS |
SEASON TICKETS - Are available for the Middle and Lower sections ONLY during the months stated above. WEEKDAY Season tickets @ £5 are valid for WEEKDAYS only. FULL Season tickets @ £20 are valid during daylight hours any weekday and after 1 p.m. at weekends during the season, (N.B. there are only a limited number (50) of full tickets available).
LAO -Icarus & Fiona Edmonds |
DART & TORRIDGE/TAW ACCESS LINE |
CHEQUES TO: |
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The Old Post House E-mail: dartaccess@aol.com |
01805-623140Will be manned on Mondays between 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. and on Thursdays between 10 a.m. &1 p.m. At all other times there will be a listen only information message. |
"River Dart Access Fund" |
Confirmation of booking can only be given on receipt of the admin. fee. Credit for unused tickets can only be given if tickets are received with a post mark of before 10 a.m. on the date of the booking. Last minute, emergency 'phone & E mail bookings can be taken provided there are any spaces left and we have an address to send them to!
All access requests must be accompanied by a valid BCU number for all those paddling (or a valid club BCU affiliation number) and a S.A.E.
Permission is given for DOWNRIVER passage ONLY. Canoeists must not disembark at any other point, except in emergency or for safety reasons (i.e. not for lunch or to repeat a stretch of river). Canoeing is to take place ONLY on the sections stated above. Please park and drive sensibly, and do NOT obstruct the highway at ANY time. Canoeists are also required to be discrete when changing.
The river is open, as above, to BCU members and members of affiliated clubs who have the necessary Third Party Liability Insurance and Occupiers Liability Indemnity provided by the BCU. Non-members wishing to use the river must produce evidence of Insurance and Indemnity, BCU numbers should be displayed where available.