Attractions / Places to Visit close to Exmouth View Hotel Babbacombe Torquay Devon UK

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.

Babbacombe Model Village
Open all year except for Christmas Day, and until 10pm from Easter to September. The village is set on a hillside and is made to one twelfth scale throughout. It re-creates in perfect details the sights and sounds of the English village. Best is to visit towards sunset as you can enjoy the wonderful garden setting in the light, and then see it illuminated by thousands of lights.

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.

English Riviera Centre
A good selection of entertainment and leisure activities for all ages. Soft play area for children, creche, roller disco, tea dances, restaurants, tropical leisure pool with wave machine, sun terrace with barbecue and disco, coffee shop and a cinema.

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. A new attraction from 1998 is The Stone Age Experience - a sound and light show followed by a candle lit tour. See Stone Age remains and listen to Stone Age tales around a camp fire. In the evening, a chilling theatrical tour with candle light, music and special effects. Plenty of free parking. Open all year.

Princess Theatre
Throughout the year there is a packed programme of plays, concerts, musicals comedy acts, tribute bands and much more. Don't forget the Christmas Panto !!!!'

Babbacombe Theatre
New show each year.

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 - Closed for renovation
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 daily from April to October. There are collections of paintings, silver and glass, and a room devoted to Agatha Christie. In front are the Italian Gardens and a large ornamental pond, tennis courts and a putting green.

Plus many many more attractions within easy reach. See below :

Torbay Area

South West Coast Path

Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Trains

Quaywest Waterpark

Greenway Gardens

Churston Go-Karts, Brixham

River Link Cruises