ATTRACTIONS IN TQ4 5BU
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0.2milesPaignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway
Queen’s Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, TQ46AF
Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway from Paignton is the holiday line with steam trains running for seven miles in Great Western tradition along the spectacular Torbay coast to Churston and through the wooded slopes bordering the Dart estuary to Kingswear. The scenery is superb, with seascapes right across Lyme Bay to Portland Bill on clear days.
0.4milesPaignton Pier
Paignton Seafront, Paignton, TQ46BW
Paignton Pier is a family favourite attraction in the Torbay area, an all-weather attraction that's fun for all the family, every day of the year. Attractions on Paignton Pier include amusements, stalls and beach goods, fortune telling, cafe and takeaway, jackpot bingo, prize and fun games, orbiter dodgems, ten-pin bowling, trampolining, mega slide, disabled access and facilities.
0.9milesQuaywest
Goodrington Sands, Paignton, TQ46LN
Choose from 8 different flumes from the gentle Surf Lagoon to the exhilarating Screamer or the wild Kamikaze. All together nearly one mile of flumes in length!Brave enough to go on the Devils Drop - the highest fastest flume in England - 65 ft of sheer excitement.
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1.9milesCockington Village
Cockington Village, Torquay, TQ26XA
The 450 acres of parkland is a surprising oasis of calm away from the bustle of Torbay. Take time to stroll around and enjoy the variety of scenery and wildlife that exists at Cockington.
2.2milesTorre Abbey Historic House
Kings Drive, Torquay, TQ25JE
History comes alive at Torbay's most historic building. Built in 1196 you can trace the 800 years of development from monastery, imposing home of wealthy families, to Mayor's official residence of modern day.
2.4milesLiving Coasts
Beacon Quay, Torquay, TQ12BG
Take a fantastic journey around the coastlines of the world without leaving Torquay! Welcome to Living Coasts, Paignton Zoo's new visitor attraction in Torquay. Living Coasts is a unique, world class aquatic visitor attraction, focusing on the conservation of coastal and marine life around the globe.
2.8milesCompton Castle
Marldon, Paignton, TQ31TA
Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, the castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the last 600 years. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539–1583) was coloniser of Newfoundland and half-brother to Sir Walter Raleigh.
3.7milesBygones
Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ14PR
Bygones life size Victorian street is a special look at how we used to live.In three floors of pure nostalgia you'll find old fashioned shops, period rooms, the age of the steam train and a collection of toys and models that will take your breath away - whatever your age!.
5.3milesTotnes Elizabethan House Museum
70 Fore Street, Totnes., TQ95RU
Tudor house containing thesocial history of this historic town and the surrounding area. Features Tudor Kitchen, Victorian childhood, Victorian computer pioneer Charles Babbage and artefacts covering the last 5000 years.
5.3milesPlant World
St Marychurch Road, Newton Abbot, TQ124SE
Plant World, located between Torquay and Newton Abbot in beautiful South Devon, offers an outstanding collection of rare and exotic plants from around the world. The 4 acres of landscaped gardens has been called Devon's 'Little Outdoor Eden'.
5.4milesTotnes Castle
Totnes (Top of hill), TQ95NU
A classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest to overawe the Saxon town. A well-preserved later shell-keep crowns its steep mound, giving sweeping views across the town rooftops to the River Dart.
5.9milesPrickly Ball Hedgehog Hospital
Denbury Road, Newton Abbot, TQ126BZ
Enjoy the hedgehog experience with hands-on talks where you can learn about the lifecycle and diet of a hedgehog, and also how to make your garden more hedgehog friendly. The Hedgehog Hospital has two main functions - to treat and rehabilitate injured or sich animals, and wherever possible release into the wild.
6.3milesColeton Fishacre House and Garden
Brownstone Road, Kingswear, TQ60EQ
Arts & Crafts-style house with elegant Art Deco-influenced interior, set amid gardens in a spectacular coastal setting.Built in a stream-fed valley on a beautiful stretch of the NT-protected South Devon coastline, the house was designed in 1925 for Rupert and Lady Dorothy D'Oyly Carte, who created its luxuriant garden.
6.5milesDartmouth Castle
Castle Road, Dartmouth, TQ60JN
This brilliantly positioned defensive castle juts out into the narrow entrance to the Dart Estuary, with the sea lapping at its foot. Begun in the late 14th century, the castle was intended to protect the warehouses and homes of Dartmouth's merchants.
6.7milesBradley Manor
Newton Abbot, TQ126BN
Small medieval manor house set in woodland and meadowsOne of the finest and most complete medieval manor houses in Devon Fantastic woodland and riverside setting on the outskirts of Newton Abbot Impressive collection of pre-Raphaelite pictures and Arts & Crafts furniture Finely crafted plaster work and joinery Watch the manor's history unfold before you on a tour of the house Given to the National Trust in 1938 by Mrs A. H.
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6.7milesTuckers Maltings
Teign Road, Newton Abbot, TQ124AA
Tucker's Maltings in Newton Abbot is one of only a handful of malthouses still producing malt in the traditional way and the only one in England that is open to the public for regular guided tours.Our Speciality Bottled Beer Shop at the Maltings sells a wide range of beers, many of which are brewed using our malt.
7.2milesWoodlands
Blackawton, Totnes, South Devon, TQ97DQ
Fun packed action for all the family with thrills a plenty for every age. Ride, slide, climb and swing around the safest and zippiest venture zones anywhere! Ride the legendary Cyclone Watercoasters Three radically unique heart stoppers that give three dangerously different rides.
9.5milesBuckfast Butterfly Farm
Buckfastleigh, TQ110DZ
'The Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary is situated just outside the southern border of Dartmoor National Park between Exeter and Plymouth and is easily reached just off the A38 Devon Expressway at the Dart Bridge junction. There are large brown tourist signs guiding visitors from the junction to our car park.
9.8milesPennywell Farm
Buckfastleigh, TQ110LT
Come and experience the Pennywell magic at our multi-award winning Farm Activity Park. .
10milesBuckfast Abbey
Buckfastleigh, TQ110EE
Buckfast Abbey is home to a Roman Catholic community of Benedictine monks.The Abbey Church is at the centre of the monastic life of the Benedictine monks at Buckfast, since it is there that the Monastic Community gathers to pray and celebrate the sacraments.
11.2milesHouse of Marbles
Old Pottery, Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey, TQ139DS
At House of Marbles and Teign Valley Glass we have been manufacturing our unusual range of games, toys, marbles and glassware for many years. Visitors are most welcome to wander around the old pottery buildings with their listed kilns, enjoy our museums of glass, games marbles and Bovey Tracey Pottery, watch glass blowing when work is in progress, see our spectacular marble runs, browse in the factory seconds and gift shops and take refreshment in our coffee shop and licensed restaurant.
13.9milesCookworthy Museum of Rural Life
108 Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ71AW
In the Old Grammar School you find an historic building, a collection and a local history archive. Each one of these would be worth visiting on its own, but to experience the three is exceptional.
14.6milesBecky Falls
Becky Falls, Manaton, Nr Bovey Tracey, TQ139UG
High on Dartmoor Becky Falls Woodland Park, with its huge oak canopy, rugged landscape, massive granite boulders and waterfalls, provides some of the most scenic and enjoyable walks in the south west as well as loads of fun for all the family throughout the seasons. Open from 10am every day, March to October, school holidays and winter weekends (weather permitting).
15.3milesWorld of Country Life
Sandy Bay, Exmouth, EX85BU
Devon's No1 all-weather family attraction. Whatever the weather, you're spoiled for choice.
17.6milesOverbecks Museum and Garden
Sharpitor, Salcombe, TQ88LW
Elegant Edwardian house with diverse collections and luxuriant garden.The scientist Otto Overbeck lived here from 1928 to 1937 and the Museum containing his collections of curios and nautical artefacts has an intimate atmosphere.
19.2milesOtterton Mill Centre
Otterton, EX97HG
There has been a working mill at Otterton since Norman times when King William granted all the local land hereabouts to the abbots of St Michel of Normandy. During the Middle Ages Otterton Mill was one of the largest and most productive in Devon.
19.6milesBicton Park Botanical Gardens
East Budleigh, Bicton, EX97BJ
Spanning nearly 300 years of horticultural history, these magnificent gardens are set in East Devon's picturesque Otter Valley, between the ancient city of Exeter and southwest England's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The Italian GardenLaid out in c.
19.7milesSt Nicholas Priory
Mint Lane, off Fore St, Exeter, EX43AT
St Nicholas Priory is currently closed for conservation, repair and interpretation work.900 year old guest wing of a former Benedictine Priory in Exeter City Centre.
19.8milesCrealy Adventure Park
Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, EX51DR
For the very best Maytime fun, visit Crealy Great Adventure Parks, the South West's favourite family attractions. At Cornwall's Crealy discover four of the five new Attractions for 2006 and meet the majestic Shire Horses.
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