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Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Paignton Zoo is home to thousands of amazing animals and plants. Visit the desert, cross the Savannah, explore the forest and trek through the tropics. Use your senses to discover the wild world: look around, listen out - you’ll even need your sense of smell! It’s a great day out for everyone.
Newton Abbot Racecourse
Horse racing and a great day out.
Babbacombe Model Village
Take time out from the hustle and bustle of every day life and feel on top of the world as you see it recreated in miniature. Thousands of miniature buildings, people and vehicles capture the essence of England's past, present and future. It's not just the humour, nor the animation - it has a life of its own. Come and see for yourself!
Compton Castle
Fairy-tale castle hidden in a lush south Devon valley
A medley of fortified towers, battlements and buttresses
600-year-old home of the Gilbert family, kindred of Sir Walter Raleigh
Delightful flowering gardens, enclosed by a stone curtain wall
The Great Kitchen offers a unique insight into medieval domestic life
Film location for Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Totnes Guildhall
In 1206 King John granted a charter to Totnes making it a free town. It could then draw up its own laws. The merchants also obtained permission to set up their own Guild, which by the middle of the 13th century had 120 members. The original Guildhall was in the High Street.
The Princess Theatre
A lovely theatre situated on Torquay seafront.
National Marine Aquarium
The National Marine Aquarium was the first aquarium in the United Kingdom to be set up solely for the purpose of education, conservation and research. It remains Britain's foremost aquarium and in the six years it has been open it has attracted over two million visitors through its doors.
Paignton Steam Railway
Paignton and Dartmouth Staem Railway is the holiday line with steam trains running for 7 seven miles in Great Western tradition along the spectacular Torbay Coast.
Byones Victorian Museum
Shopping as our grandparents used to shop. Memories of journeys on the romantic steam trains our parents knew. Escape into the magic lands of fantasy where every generation loves to go.
Kents Cavern
Kents Cavern is one of the most important Palaeolithic caves in Northern Europe and the oldest recognisable human dwelling in Britain. It holds beautiful and spectacular geological formations and significant prehistoric finds, some over 700,000 years old. To find out about the unique history of the caves take a look at our time-line and jump to the stage of evolution you are interested in. Click on the virtual tour if you would like to take a look around the caves.
Steps Bistro
Steps Bistro serve a varied menu of quality locally sourced produce and fresh fish.
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Summerlands Guest House
19 Belgrave Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 5HU
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01803 299844
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