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The Derriton Viaduct once carried the railway to Bude out of Holsworthy. In recent years it has been restored to carry a cycle path across the valley.
©Ron Strutt
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the western of two magnificent railway viaducts in Holsworthy, built in 1879. This was the first concrete viaduct to be built in the British Isles, and has been made into a cycleway and footpath, part of the North Tamar Way. (Information from the town trail booklet)
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.6km<br/>View east northeast.
©Robert Walden
Dist:0.6km<br/>This was built as a cinema in 1932, but was closed eventually and became a warehouse for a while before being refurbished as a theatre. (Information from the town trail booklet)
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.6km<br/>This art deco former cinema has been saved by recladding the main building to provide a home for the thriving Holsworthy Amateur Theatre Society. A magnificent pantomime is performed each year.
©Robert Walden
Dist:0.8km<br/>This had become the rectory by 1717, and was enlarged twice. The Urban District Council purchased it in 1947 for use as offices. (Information from the town trail booklet)
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km<br/>Acres of corrugated roof.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km<br/>On Chapel Street, the main road to the south. A real ale pub.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km<br/>This plaque commemorates the opening of Western Road in 1930. This was constructed by the County Council on the line of a narrow footpath called Walk Lane. I should think that its purpose was to enable main road traffic on what is now the A3072 to bypass the market square and the narrow entrance to it from Victoria Square.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km<br/>This opened in 1957 as a war memorial. It looks to have been enlarged in the late 20C style, but has probably retained the original lettering 'Memorial Hall'. The Tourist Information Office is here now, having been previously in the Market Square.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.8km<br/>Set into the road to mark the position of the elm tree from where, since Saxon times, the Royal Proclamation was read at the beginning of St Peter's Fair.
©Humphrey Bolton
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©Philip Halling
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©Roger A Smith
Dist:0.9km<br/>Holsworthy is one of those rare country towns which seems to have avoided the invasion of the national chains and hence retains its individuality.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.9km<br/>Holsworthy is a real workaday North Devon market town. It is proud of the fact that it is an Ancient Port Town, although it is many miles from the sea. The word "Port" in fact refers to a walled or enclosed town where goods could be harboured safely. The town suffered badly during the Foot & Mouth crisis, but it survived and its livestock markets are once again held on a twice-weekly basis.
©Ron Strutt

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