The Kingswear is a harbourside resort and casino on the tidal River Dart in Dartmouth, Devon — a brass-lit floor of table games, a quiet poker room and rows of slots, set among estuary-view suites, Devon seafood and the slow theatre of boats coming home on the flood. Deep water, steady hands.
The Kingswear is a harbourside resort and casino set into a terrace of colour-washed quayside houses on the west bank of the River Dart. Behind the painted fronts, a warm casino floor opens off the hall — forty-four tables and gaming positions, a quiet poker room and rows of slot machines — with tall sash windows framing the estuary, where the steam train's whistle carries across the water from the far shore and yachts swing gently on their moorings.
This is the land-based casino, scaled to a harbour town. Blackjack, roulette and baccarat are dealt across a low-lit pit lined in navy baize and polished brass; craps and sic bo bring some noise on regatta weekends; and the private Chainferry Salons, named for the little chain ferry that has shuttled across the river for generations, keep higher stakes behind a panelled door. Every table is run by trained staff, stakes posted plainly, and a first visit made easy by hosts who know the room.
Beyond the tables, the hotel keeps a tidal rhythm of its own: five kitchens and bars, a terrace above the water for an evening drink, a spa fed by a plunge pool and a small stage for late sets. A night at The Kingswear can be all casino or barely any — the slipway outside, and the choice, are entirely yours.
From the brass glow of the main room to the panelled hush of a private salon, the casino at The Kingswear is laid out like the harbour itself — table games, a quiet poker room and rows of slots, all within a few steps of the water's edge.
The heart of The Kingswear: blackjack, roulette and baccarat across a navy-baize pit, with a gleaming bank of slots beneath tall estuary-facing windows.
Private high-limit rooms named for the river's chain ferry — greater stakes, personal hosts and complete discretion, by arrangement.
A small lamp-lit stage where sea shanties, jazz trios and a late cabaret share the floor with the tables — harbour theatre until close.
The Kingswear floor covers the full spread of casino games — the classic table games of blackjack, roulette and baccarat, a quiet poker room, craps and sic bo, and rows of slot machines and electronic gaming terminals, all within a converted row of quayside houses.
Classic 21 across a low-lit navy pit, from easy minimums to high-limit shoes.
American and European wheels, spinning beneath brass pendant lamps.
Punto banco in the main room and the private Chainferry Salons.
Cash games and Thursday-night heats run in the Quarterdeck Room, dealt by trained staff away from the main floor.
The liveliest table on the quay — dice, chatter and a regatta-weekend crowd.
Three quick-rolling dice — a change of pace from the tables.
Rows of the newest slot machines and electronic terminals, named for the old boatyard slipways that slope into the Dart.
Elevated stakes and total discretion in the Chainferry Salons.
There's a difference between a casino on a screen and one you reach along a quay at dusk. At The Kingswear, the casino floor is a room you can feel — the shuffle of cards, the turn of a wheel, low voices under brass lamps while the tide slides past outside. This is a land-based casino built for a town that has always looked to the water, and still does.
The gaming here is classic and unhurried. Take a seat at blackjack and play through a shoe, follow a run at baccarat, or step up to a high-limit table in the Chainferry Salons. In the Quarterdeck Room, cash games and Thursday heats keep a steady table; along the windows, rows of slot machines and electronic terminals catch the last light off the river. Every game is posted with clear stakes, and hosts are always glad to talk a newcomer through the rules.
The Kingswear is a proper resort in miniature — you needn't leave the quay all weekend. Play through the afternoon, dine on Devon crab and river-landed fish, take a drink on the signal terrace as the boats come home and sleep to the clink of halyards. With the steam railway across the water, the naval college on the hill behind and the boatyards and regatta crowds in between, it turns an evening at the tables into a proper coastal break.
And because a good casino looks after its guests, care is built into every table. Set your own limits, take a break, or have a quiet word with a host whenever you like. The Kingswear is strictly 18+, with photo ID checked at the door — a warm, grown-up room where the game stays exactly that: a pleasure.
Ninety-six rooms and suites sit above and around the casino, most looking out over the pastel roofs and moored yachts to the wooded far bank of the river. After the last hand, bed is a short stair away — no taxi, no cold quay at midnight, just the tide sounding softly under the window.
From a compact Slipway King to the corner Harbourmaster Suite with its wraparound windows and freestanding bath, every room makes a quiet case for staying one more night on the Dart — and playing one more session tomorrow.
At The Kingswear, looking after our guests is part of the welcome — a set of quiet safeguards that let everyone enjoy the evening with a clear head.
Set your own spend and time limits, request a timed pause, or arrange private self-exclusion whenever you choose — the choice always stays with you.
Our hosts on the floor are trained to notice first and listen without fuss. If something feels off, discreet support is always close at hand.
Firm 18+ entry with photo ID checked at the door keeps The Kingswear calm, considerate and secure, every single night.
The Kingswear offers the full range of casino games — blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps and sic bo — alongside the Quarterdeck poker room and rows of slot machines and electronic gaming terminals at Slipway Reels. High-limit tables are available in the private Chainferry Salons.
The Kingswear admits over-18s only, with valid photo ID checked at every entry to the casino and hotel.
No — The Kingswear is an on-site resort and casino concept. This website doesn't host any real-money play, and there's no online casino attached to it.
On Lower Ferry Row, on the quayside of the River Dart, a short stroll from the ferry slip with the steam railway station visible across the water at Kingswear.
Walk-ins are welcome on the casino floor with valid photo ID; no membership or advance booking is required, though a table for dinner is always wise, especially in regatta week.
The Kingswear keeps a place for those who like their luxury close to the water and their evenings unhurried. Come for a night at the tables; stay for the river at first light, when the boatyards wake and the first ferry crosses.