Welcome to Dartmouth - an enchanting place bursting with English eccentricity.

The town is famous as the home of the Britannia Royal Naval College. A busy deep-water fishing port, it is a popular yachting centre that holds a regatta every August.

Dartmouth is a town where history is alive, where old narrow streets house shops that are quirky and individual, and where organic and local produce is proudly represented by a host of top quality restaurants and cafes.

Its oldest building, The Cherub, dates back to 1380 and is still in use. A stroll along the promenade takes you to Baynards Cove, where the Pilgrim Fathers stopped on their way to America.

From spring to autumn, pleasure boats operate sightseeing trips from Dartmouth's South Embankment - and this is where you will find the Railway Cafe.

The cafe was built in anticipation of a railway, but the railway never arrived, let alone a train.

However, by crossing the river to neighbouring Kingswear on Dartmouth's passenger ferry, train buffs can take a journey by steam train along one of England's most scenic railway lines.

The Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway runs seven miles from Kingswear, through the wooded slopes of the Dart and along the Torbay coast.