On Friday I decided to fill in one of the gaps in exploring local sections of the South West Coast Path, and walk from Brixham to Paignton. However, this was handy for a brief detour to look at the location of the long-closed
Brixham Bone Cavern (aka Brixham Cavern, Windmill Hill Cavern, and Philp's Cave).
It's a short but steep walk from the pedestrianised Fore Street, up Cavern Steps to Mount Pleasant Road, then a little to the right, where the gate to the cave is in the front garden wall of a house in what was formerly called Grotto Terrace. The views over Brixham are picturesque, and it's altogether a pleasantly quaint part of Brixham, with a network of steps, alleys and often oddly-designed houses, a townscape resulting from Victorian urban development up the steep limestone cliffs on either side of the harbour. For more on the history of the Cavern (and others in Brixham), see the April 2014 post
Bones beneath Brixham.
- Ray
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| Fore Street |
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| Cavern Steps |
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| View from Mount Pleasant Road |
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| The Cavern entrance |
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| View from Mount Pleasant Road |
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| House at corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Shinners Steps |
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| Shinners Steps - down to Fore Street |
