Places To Visit Within 10 Miles of Abbotskerswell
Prickly Ball Farm (Hedgehog Hospital)
Tel. 01626 362319 : Website www.hedgehog.org.uk
Newton Abbot Race Course
Tel. 01626 353235
Orchid Paradise with its world famous orchids on display and for sale.
Tel. 01626 352233
Tuckers Maltings - England's only traditional working malthouse open to the public.
Tel. 01626 334737 : Website www.tuckersmaltings.com
The historic town of Totnes with its river cruises to Dartmouth (Tel. 01803 834488) and its weekly Elizabethan markets (01803 862147).
The seaside resorts of Torquay, Paignton, Teigmouth and Dawlish
The nearby market town of Newton Abbot (market days Wednesdays and Saturdays). Farmers Market on some Sundays.
Paignton Zoo
Tel: 01803 697500 : Website www.paigntonzoo.org.uk
Museums in Newton Abbot (tel. 01626 201121), Teignmouth, Totnes and Torquay.
Castles at Compton (Tel. 01803 875740) Berry Pomeroy, between Newton Abbot and Totnes (tel. 01803 866618) and Totnes Castle (tel. 01803 864406).
Kents Cavern at Torquay (deep caves to explore by the adventurous)
Babbacombe Model Village (Torquay).
Tel. 01803 315315 : Website www.babbacombemodelvillage.co.uk
Canonteign Falls (possibly England's highest waterfall at 220 feet).
Tel. 01647 252434 : Website www.cannonteignfalls.com
There are also excellent golf courses nearby including Dainton (tel. 01803 81500), Stover, Hele Park, Newton Abbot Tel. 01626 332661), Torquay and Teignmouth.
Other things to see and do for families (list prepared for French visitors 2010)
Model Village Babbacombe £8.50 & £7.75 open 10 – 5.30 Ride on the Model Village open top bus from outside Debenhams in Torquay on The Strand.
Ride on open top bus routes around the coast of bay
Greenaway House Galmpton (Agatha Christies holiday home) note; Need to phone for parking as limited spaces. Access available via river trip. Entrance to house cost £9 unless National Trust member
Dartington Hall grounds and the Great Hall Free Entry although donation of £3.00 encouraged
Lunch at the White Hart Dining room
Hill House Nursery & Gardens Free Entry. Café for light lunches cream teas etc
Shopping in Exeter or The Willows Torquay
Walk through Stover Park
Cockington; Country Park Torquay. see glass blowing & blacksmith demonstrations. Cockington Court for art galleries & light lunches. Cockington church
Cockling at low tide under Shaldon Bridge
Plant world behind aquatic centre on Combeinteignhead road from the Penn Inn roundabout at Newton Abbot, turn immediately right (50 yards) at the next traffic lights, carry on for 1.5 miles. Plant world is on your left after the Aquatic centre. (cost but not known
Dartington Cider Press Centre
Torre Abbey (adults £5.75 concessions £4.80)
Numerous seaside walks and activities including finding secret beaches