Kingswear
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![Kingswear, seen from above Dartmouth. The railway station, passenger ferry and lower vehicle ferry can all be seen, as can Lower Street climbing away from the riverside.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Kingswear_railway_station_from_above2357.jpg")
![Kinsgwear, seen across the River Dart from Dartmouth](/Images/godic/202501/22/Kingswear2357.jpg")
![The Dartmouth Lower Ferry at its Kingswear slip, with the Royal Dart Hotel to the left](/Images/godic/202501/22/Dartmouth_Lower_Ferry_at_Kingswear_slip2357.jpg")
Kingswear is a village and civil parish in the South Hams area of the English county of Devon. The village is located on the east bank of the tidal River Dart, close to the river's mouth and opposite the small town of Dartmouth. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and has a population of 1,332, reducing to 1,217 at the 2011 census.