Cockwood, located on the coast between Dawlish and Starcross, is a charming  olde-worlde waterfront community, with character cottages built up and around the little harbour (known as Cockwood Sod) and more character housing located further back along a route which eventually comes out in the community of Cofton, and its charming church, St. Mary's.  The route also leads to the camping site Cofton Country Holiday Park.

Cockwood Sod (the habour) lies between Cockwood and the waters of the Exe Estuary. The Sod, being tidal, is fed from the Exe under two historic railway arches, built by the celebrated Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  Indeed, Brunel's railway runs alongside the waterfront, making Cockwood an ideal spot for train spotter enthusiasts, who come along with their cameras to view trains like The Torbay Express (steam train) and other trains and engines.  Brunel's tower can be viewed by walking a little distance across a stone bridge to Starcross, the immediate neighbour of Cockwood. 

Cockwood has a large and charming village green, which is also home to Canadian Geese, ducks and other wild birds.  The geese can be seen flying in formation over Cockwood, then coming in to "land" on the green - a truly majestic sight. 

Across the estuary from Cockwood, is the wildlife projectory of Dawlish Warren, a protected nature reserve, and again home, either temporary or permanent, to thousands of sea birds, some of them migratory.

COFTON IN BLOOM

Cockwood and its wider parish of Cofton enjoy an enviable reputation for its floral ahievements.  Read more about Cofton in Bloom, with photos.