Totnes Devon | Walking Tour Of The Historic Market Town

Join us on our tour of the beautiful Totnes in South Devon.
The amazing little Saxon parish is situated on the A381, in-between Pagination and Dartmouth, and is worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
This little quirky town is home to numerous independent boutiques and shops. Record shops, bakers, retro antique, and clothes shops adorn the main High Street and Forest Street. Giving you a feeling that you have stepped back in time to the 70’s. It really is a great place to wind away a few hours if you want to go window shopping for those unusual things.
Normally, the town is very quiet, as it does have a mere population of 5,500. To many it could be classed a village! But with it being situated on the River Dart, Totnes is famous for being host to the annual regatta - during which it becomes a bustling hive of approx. 15,000 -20,000 wannabe sailors and boat lovers.
The towns history spans back centuries, and it was mentioned in the infamous Domesday book. It has a castle and is home to the beautiful St Mary’s Church and the Brutus Stone. And that is just a small selection of historic buildings. It can be noted that Totnes has more listed buildings per head than any other town in the UK!
There is the towering Eastgate that hangs across the Highstreet, which was rebuilt not so long ago. And you also have the Butterwalk. The Butterwalk is a historic Tudor covered walkway that was initially built to protect the dairy products that were sold here from the sun and rain.
Back in the 16th century, Totnes was the second richest town in Devon and the 16th richest in the UK. As a result, you will find many of the properties in Totnes were solidly built and they were built to last…And even these days, those buildings look stunning.
The town was host to the filming of the BBC series, the Onedin Line, which ran from 1971 to 1980. It was also location for scenes from the 1995 remake of Sense and Sensibility and the 1981 film, the French lieutenant’s woman.
We visited on a Sunday in early April, there were no film crews, and it was peacefully quiet. As soon as we entered Fore Street, which leads up to the High Street, we were hit with the aroma of sugar and caramels from the Fudge shop. Something we decided we had to buy on the way back.. We headed up the High Street to the Market Square, where you can find a great outdoor market if you ever visit on either a Friday or Saturday. But for us, we found that the window shopping and a walk along the River Dart was enough. It can be noted that the main streets do go up quite an incline, and it is not a hill,I would like to push a pram or pushchair up. Fortunately for us, Amy and Beau are past that age..
If you are visiting this part of the country and wondering what there is to do and see, please watch our vlog of our favourite things to do Devon here: • Best Places To Visit I...
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[@terrencerohm9773]

Totnes is so beautiful and magical.

[@TheHadwinsTV]

Certainly, it is a stunning town. One of Devons' secret gems..

[@PEARLCARES]

Waiting here host ❤❤❤

[@user-lz2sc3pf8p]

Great video, although you missed the leechwell springs and leechwell garden. maybe next time you can take a look there :)

[@phoebiangaibagzchnl3025]

Woww nice place
Keep safe

[@merzkielife3066]

Wow Ganda naman Jan sis

[@scenery9143]

Nice place to visit I’m sure

[@morticialilas3229]

Lovely video vlog,thanks.

[@TheHadwinsTV]

glad you like our video. 😊

[@rosemarieincalgary]

Awesome tour//// Amazing Historical place///

[@darrinperkins2110]

Love these old towns that have back streets alleys to explore, Oldie Antique shops , hope you enjoyed your day day out . 😊

[@TheHadwinsTV]

Thanks Darrin 😉

[@joyskienation_23]

Tamsak

[@dulceposas1434]

Ah kagwapa ni janis dhaa oi mingaw mn nga lugar nis noh ?

[@bjornjensen1309]

It’s pleasant

[@paultreneary]

Slightly surprised to see the car going the wrong way down the hill @ 3:08 !

[@TheHadwinsTV]

Lol, probably a lost tourist like ourselves...

[@welcome_Moscow_walks]

Cosy town 😊

[@bjornjensen1309]

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[@MartianTom]

I'm a native Totnesian - priced out now, sadly, by wealthy incomers. It's pronounced TOT-nes, not Tot-NESS.

[@TheHadwinsTV]

lol, sorry to hear that. It is sad that the locals are actually not local. I asked Scott to pronounce it both ways, sounded the same🫣

[@MartianTom]

@@TheHadwinsTV Emphasis on the first syllable - like London, Glasgow, Dublin, etc. You can always tell when someone lives in Totnes, but doesn't come from there, because they always say TotNESS - like Loch Ness. It should sound like TOTnis. Yes... it's like a form of cultural imperialism, but enacted in our own country: the culture of money, basically. I was brought up in the area in the '60s and '70s, when Totnes was still very much a traditional Devon market town, and where you heard the native Devonian dialect spoken everywhere. There were people there who could date their family line in the area all the way back to the Domesday Book... and before that! I lived in Harberton - a village 3 miles from Totnes. At that time, it was mainly inhabited by native Devonians. Generally, they were agricultural workers, living in tied cottages (like my family). It started getting taken over in the early '70s, with wealthy outside developers moving in. Harberton now is basically unaffordable to anyone who works in agriculture - and even many people on professional salaries. It's one of the wealthiest villages around. I loved it as a boy, growing up. I don't know it now. Geographically, it's the same place. But nearly all of the old families have been displaced. Totnes now feels to me - as someone who knew it as it was back then - like a cross between Glastonbury and Richmond-upon-Thames. It still retains many local charms. But the native culture has largely gone, replaced by the homogeneity of middle-class money. On a (rarer now) return visit a few years back, I mentioned to one 'new local' wag that I didn't hear many true Devon voices there any more. He laughingly retorted 'Ah, we dress all the locals up as ponies and put them out on Dartmoor for the tourists.' He was extremely lucky that I'm not a violent man.

[@ralphraffles1394]

I don’t know how the younger people , as rents have soared.