What to do
VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL LOCAL BEACHES
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Dawlish Warren: Best for bird watching, children’s funfair and beach photography. Sand dunes and wave breaks all along this wildlife sanctuary. Dawlish Warren also has a great children’s amusement park with bumper cars, slides and go karts to add to the ice cream.
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Dawlish Town Beach: Best for walks and train spotting. Rockston beach in Dawlish is just before the Warren and has a promenade alongside the coastal railway line. The long beach ends with red sandstone cliffs and caves.
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Coryton Cove Beach: Best for a quick walk and rock-pooling at low tide. Park in Dawlish and take a short stroll along the coastal promenade to reach the sandy Dawlish beach.
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Teignmouth Beach: Best for a traditional day on the pier or fishing and diving trips. Teignmouth has the Victorian ‘Grand Pier’ with children’s amusements and shopping. A great spot for crabbing.
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Shaldon Beach: Best for sitting in a deck chair and watching the busy Teignmouth estuary with a good lunch. There are a few pubs in the vicinity so this beach is good for a sociable group.
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Ness Cove: Best for a children’s adventure as it is accessed through an original smuggler’s tunnel. This is a steep beach so not suitable for young children or the disabled.
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Babbacombe Beach: Best for swimming and visiting Babbacombe Model Village.
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Bantham and Bigbury-on-Sea: Best for surfing and visiting the world famous Burgh Island Hotel. This beach is a vast area linking up to Burgh Island. A great place to learn or practise surging. Bigbury beach also has beach wheelchairs available to hire from the Venus Café – so everyone can enjoy the sea.
PARKS
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Millennium Green, Ideford (a 10-minute walk – green space and small playpark)
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Haldon Forest Park (includes Go Ape, Go Segway, bike and walking trails, ‘The Gruffalo Trail’ – get the app!)
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Becky Falls Woodland Park, Dartmoor
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Canonteign Falls, Teign Valley
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Decoy Country Park (Devon Windsurf & Canoe Centre)
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Wildwood Escot Park, Ottery Saint Mary
PLACES TO VISIT
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Kents Cavern, Torquay
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The Rock Gardens Caves & Nursery, Chudleigh
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Babbacombe Model Village, Torquay
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Trago Mills – shopping centre & family fun park
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Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh
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Bygones Victorian Museum, Torquay
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House of Marbles, Bovey Tracy
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Dartmouth Steam Rail and River Boat Co. (take the ‘Round Robin’ – steam train, river boat and bus)
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Berry Pomeroy Castle, Totnes
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South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh
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Haytor Rock, Dartmoor
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Finlake, Chudleigh Knighton (horses and high ropes)
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China Blue, Totnes (paint your own pottery)
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Morwellham Quay, Tavistock
GOLF (18 hole) COURSES (All within 12 miles)
FAMILY GOLF
THEME PARKS
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Crealy Adventure Park, Exeter
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Woodlands Theme Park, Dartmouth
ANIMALS
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Minature Pony Centre, Moretonhampstead
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Pennywell Farm, Buckfastleigh
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Living Coasts, Torquay
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Prickly Ball Farm, Newton Abbot
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Shilstone Riding Centre, Widecombe in the Moor
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Hawkridge Bird of Prey Centre, Exmouth
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Quince Honey Farm, South Molton
RACECOURSES
YOUNGER CHILDREN
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Diggerland, Cullompton
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Bear Feet Playcentre, Newton Abbot
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The Big Sheep, Bideford
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Tumbling Teds Playhouse, Newton Abbot
ACTIVITES
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Splashdown Quaywest Waterpark, Paignton
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Go Ape, Haldon
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Go Segway, Haldon
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AMF Bowling & Quasar, Torquay
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Tenpin Bowling, Exeter
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Saddles and Paddles, Exeter
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River Dart Country Park, Ashburton
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Quad World, Exeter
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The Boulder Bunker, Torquay
SWIMMING
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Waterparks – Splashdown and North Devon Wake Park as previously listed.
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Waves Leisure Pool, Riviera Centre, Torquay (indoor, wave machine & slide)
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Kingsteignton Swimming Pool (outdoor)
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Lido, Teignmouth (outdoor)
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Newton Abbot Leisure Centre (indoor, slide)
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Cofton Holiday Park, Dawlish