Local Attractions
It's well worth going down to Oddicombe beach, but it's quite a climb back up to Babbacombe. Try the Cliff Railway.
View Across Babbacombe Bay
Good Beach Guide - Oddicombe Beach Good Beach Guide - Babbacombe Beach
Bygones
In the village of St Marychurch close
to Babbacombe, Bygones is open every day except Christmas Day, and in the summer
open till 10pm in the week. Shop as our grandparents used to shop, go into a
Victorian parlour,visit the illuminated Fantasy Land in miniature, see the
scenic working model railway and climb into the cab of a real steam loco. Walk
through a World War I trench
Cockington
Village and Country Park
Open
through the year to Christmas Eve, and with free
admission, you can see how things used to be.
Ride there from the sea front in a horse and
carriage. Visit the stately Manor House, stroll
through the gardens, watch the village blacksmith
at work, eat at the Mill Restaurant with its
working water wheel, enjoy cricket matches on the
village green, admire the thatched cottages. An
unchanged village a mile or two from one of
Britain's most popular resorts.
Don't forget the Christmas Panto !!!!
Torquay
Museum
Just up the road from the harbour as you go towards
Babbacombe, the Museum has six galleries including an
Archaeological Gallery with exhibits including a fragment
of the oldest human remains found in Britain. There's
also an Agatha Christie exhibition with displays of
photographs, newspaper cuttings, books and other
memorabilia tracing her life and work.
Torre
Abbey
The original Norman Abbey was destroyed by the order
of Henry VIII, though some parts of the building escaped
his attention. The present Abbey Mansion was built during
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is open all year. There are collections of
paintings, silver and glass. In front are the Italian Gardens and a large
ornamental pond, tennis courts and a putting green.
Riviera International Centre
- Waves Leisure Pool
No matter what the weather Waves Leisure Pool offers great fun for all the
family! With wave machine, flume, water activity centre, sloping access and
heated to a lovely 30 degrees the pool is warm & welcoming!
Agatha Christie Mile
The thriller writer was born in Torquay in 1890 and
set many of her stories in the surrounding area. On the
Agatha Christie Mile, the trail takes you to some of the
places that were inspirational in her life and works.
Solve the mysterious disappearance of one of Agatha
Christie's characters.
Kents
Cavern
See ancient remains and amazing rock formations in
these two million year old caves. Open
all year
Plus many many more attractions within easy reach. See below :
Torbay Area
Compton Castle (N T)
Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Trains / River Link Cruises
Greenway Gardens (N T)
Newton Abbot - Dartmoor Prickly Ball Farm Hedgehog Hospital Bradley Manor House (N T) Trago Mills Shopping & Leisure The Church House (N T) Castle Drogo (N T) |
Dartmouth - Totnes - Dartmoor Totnes Castle (E H) Coleton Fishacre (N T) Sharpham Vineyard & Cheese Dairy Berry Pomeroy Castle (E H) Dartmouth Castle (E H) Dartmoor Prison Museum, Princetown Overbeck's Museum & Garden (N T) |
Plymouth Buckland Abbey (N T) Saltram House (N T) |
Teignmouth - Exeter Shaldon Wildlife Trust, Teignmouth Killerton House & Gardens (N T)
|
Exmouth - Seaton |
(N T) = National Trust Property (E H) = English Heritage Property