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    The A379 is a road in the English county of Devon. It links points on the edges of that county's two principal cities, Exeter and Plymouth, by an indirect...
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    and is home to one of the United Kingdom's oldest sailing clubs. The A379 road and the London to Penzance railway line both run through the village along...
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    Brythonic word corresponding to the Welsh llaeru, meaning 'to ebb'. The A379 road and the disused Plymouth to Yealmpton railway line cross the estuary just...
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    overlaps with other A-roads for several sections of its length. It is a faster route from Teignmouth to Salcombe than the A379 which meets it at both...
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    Dawlish (section Roads)
    greater protection from the sea; it was completed on 3 July 2023. The A379 road between Exeter, Teignmouth, Torbay, Dartmouth and Plymouth runs through...
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    the defences, severely damaging seaside properties and threatening the A379 road. There is a charge for parking in the high season, a cafe and a shop....
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    estuary of the River Avon or Aune, at the point where it is crossed by the A379 road. It receives its name from this river and also from the family of Giffard...
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    in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It is located near the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and lies within the South Devon Area...
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    being in Torquay. The town is linked to Plymouth and Dartmouth by the A379 road, and to Salcombe and Totnes by the A381. For seventy years it had a railway...
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    the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley from Start Bay and carries the A379 coastal road north to Dartmouth. The first mention of Torcross was recorded at...
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    The train passes over Britannia Crossing, a level crossing over the A379 road as it approaches the Dartmouth Higher Ferry. It is from the signal box...
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    Lower and Higher ferries both carry vehicles, the Higher one linking the A379 road. Some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) upstream of Dartmouth, the Greenway Ferry carries...
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    yielding an average flow of 1.95 cubic metres per second (69 cu ft/s). The A379 road between Modbury and Yealmpton crosses the river at Sequer's Bridge, shortly...
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    bridge across the Dart is in Totnes, some 11 miles (18 km) away by road. The A379 road runs through Dartmouth, linking the town to Slapton and Kingsbridge...
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    roads in zone 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4 (roads beginning with 3). Wikimedia Commons has media related to A roads...
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    held the right to hold a regular market. The village is situated on the A379 road, which links it to Plymouth and Kingsbridge. The current parish population...
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    civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the A379 road about one and a half miles south of the town of Dartmouth, at the north...
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    The road then follows the Semington bypass, opened in 2004, to Westbury, crossing the A361 between Trowbridge and Devizes. This section of the road has...
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    cycle path. The name is also used to refer to the road bridge that runs alongside and carries the A379 road. The bridge carried the London and South Western...
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    Kingswear, the Higher Ferry crosses to the north. In doing so, it allows the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Torbay to bypass the narrow streets in the centre...
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    B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind...
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    over a series of weirs, then through the centre of the town, under the A379 road and the London-Penzance railway line, by Dawlish railway station, before...
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    Creek. The main road from Newton Abbot to Dartmouth once ran through the village before being bypassed to the north by the Brixham Road (A379). Galmpton grew...
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    stream to the north and is located one mile south-east of Kingsbridge. The A379 road crosses the southern portion of the creek over the so-called New Bridge...
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    Churchstow is a small village situated on the A379 road in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. It is situated 1.9 miles (3 km) north-west...
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    the A379. Another branch ran past Torre Abbey to the sea front. There have been plans to alleviate the traffic congestion on the stretch of the road between...
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    back from the wooded shores of the river, is accessed by minor roads south of the A379 road, between the villages of Modbury and Yealmpton. Within the parish...
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    of the stones or any part of the building". Cofton is situated on the A379 road near the fishing ports of Cockwood and Starcross and is a popular holiday...
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    The village is about 5 miles south-west of the town of Dartmouth on the A379 road between Dartmouth and Kingsbridge, atop the cliffs behind Pilchard Cove...
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    The A345 is a secondary A road in Wiltshire, England running from Salisbury to Marlborough and the A4. The road is a main south–north link across Salisbury...
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