by Beach Cams Man | Aug 30, 2023 | Business, Cameras, Dawlish Beach, History, news, Subscribers News, Subscriptions, Website
When I started Dawlish Beach Cam (singular) in 2014, I never expected it to be more than one live camera with a few hundred people watching daily. As we install our eighth camera with 20,000 daily viewers, it’s time for some big changes to take place. Dawlish... 
by Beach Cams Man | Oct 10, 2021 | History, Maintenance, Network Rail, Railway, Sea wall rebuilding, VIP
We are back with another tour of the new Dawlish Sea Wall with Jack Brookes from Bam Nuttal. They have been concentrating on adding the viewing areas and filling the Coastguards end of the wall as they install the steps and ramp that join to the old... 
by Beach Cams Man | May 26, 2020 | History
One of the earliest photos I have seen of Dawlish, I reckon it’s late 1850’s, before William Chapman opened his photography business (1863). A great view of the original station with a wide gauge steam locomotive. Brunel’s Atmospheric Pumping Tower is in the... 
by Beach Cams Man | Aug 11, 2019 | Article, Brunel Holiday Park, Dawlish Warren, Experience, History, Railway, Reviews, Things to Do
Back in 2014 when Dawlish Beach Cams started, I always wondered what would happen to Brunel Camping Carriages (as it was known back in the day), as they just seem to fall in to disrepair. Dawlish Museum visited the site in January 2016 and took these photos. Around... 
by DB Colin | Apr 21, 2019 | General, History, Railway, Steam Specials
The tour round Britain last year unfortunately wasn’t routed through Devon and Cornwall but this year, starting from Paddington on Saturday 27th April, the tour pauses at Exeter from 2.01pm until 2.23pm and should then pass through Dawlish at 2.37pm on its way... 
by Beach Cams Man | Apr 2, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, History, Sea wall rebuilding, Sea Wall Walk, Weather
Just how high IS the new sea wall at Dawlish going to be, in real terms. On Saturday last, a group from the Dawlish Town Council and supporters met on the sea wall. An ingenious graphic display was shown to all those who attended and local resident and holiday makers...
