Weir on Dawlish Water, Dawlish, Devon

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Weir on Dawlish Water, Dawlish, Devon

Image: © John Goodall Taken: 12 Feb 2005

Jane Austen spent a holiday here in 1802 and in Sense and Sensibility has one of her characters remark that “it seemed rather surprising that anybody could live in Devonshire without living near Dawlish”.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.579866
Longitude
-3.468833