A – Z - What to do in the area...
Ashburton – small town with some interesting shops and cafes – slightly quirky
Blue Hut café – Back Beach Teignmouth – daytime snacks
Babbacombe – Hanburys fish and chips – funicular railway, model village. The Cary Arms overlooks the beach – top spot for a sundowner
footpaths
from your door
Bigbury/Burgh Island – beautiful beach with sea tractor over to Burgh Island – nearby restaurant The Oyster Shack – highly recommended
Buckfast Abbey – Benedictine Monastery
Castle Drogo – last castle to be built in England – National Trust
Crab Shack – Teignmouth great seafood restaurant overlooking Back Beach
Coastal path – accessible from footpath that goes up next to cottage drive
Community shop – well stocked and reasonably priced 2 mins walk from cottage
cozy pub hearty meal
Church House Inn – 2 mins walk from cottage – recommend the Proper Job beer – rumoured that Tuesday Singers Night is soon to return
Coasteering – www.rocksolidcoasteering.uk Maidencombe
Coleton Fishacre – National Trust property – Art Deco house and gardens
Combe Cellars – pub/restaurant located on River Teign – great place to watch the sunset
Dawlish to Exeter – cycle along beside the river estuary with mainline trains whistling past. You can hire bikes at small bike café at Dawlish Warren
Exmouth – extensive sandy beach. Park in Starcross and catch ferry across to Exmouth
Elephant – fine dining restaurant in Torquay
Fish means Brixham – catch Western Lady ferry (with running commentary) from Torquay marina over to Brixham. Enjoy fish and chips around the harbour (recommend Simply Fish) – Good walk around to Lido and hotel beyond
Greenway House – Agatha Christie’s holiday home near Kingswear – must book tickets and car park National Trust – short ferry hop over to Dittisham or to Dartmouth
Golf – Access golf course in Shaldon
Haldon Forest – walking trails and bike trails
heritage railway
kingswear
Hanbury’s Award winning Fish and Chip takeaway in Babbacombe
Haytor Rocks – stroll from visitor centre up to to this iconic Dartmoor landmark
Ikea store Exeter just off M5 motorway junction 30
Jurassic Coast – stretches from Exmouth to Studland Bay
Killerton House near Exeter – National Trust
Kingswear – end of steam train ride from Paignton – short ferry hop (by car or foot) over to Dartmouth
London Inn Shaldon – ideal for lunch and evening meals opposite the bowling green
shaldon
fun by the sea
Lustleigh – pretty edge of Dartmoor village – recommend The Cleave Inn
Maidencombe nice beach with café Rio – great bacon sandwiches also offer kayak hire
Marks and Spencer – massive store 15 mins drive from cottage on edge of Torquay
Ness Beach in Shaldon – accessed through Smugglers Tunnel
Ode café in Shaldon – great coffee stop – offer paddleboards and tuition on Ness Beach
Promenade along the prom at Teignmouth – beach on one side – mainline trains whistling past on the either side – very exciting
Powderham Castle – plus café, shop and garden centre
Quaywest – Splashdown quaywest waterpark at Goodrington Sands Torquay
Ringmore – along river estuary from Shaldon – location of Telephone box selling 50p books for charity
Shaldon beach – on river estuary unsafe for swimming but great for beach BBQ’s or sundowners.
Catch one of the regular ferries that cross between Shaldon and Teignmouth
Sharpham vineyard just south of Totnes on cycle route.
Ship Inn Teignmouth tables on the Back Beach ideal for watching the sunset over the River Teign
torquay
town, beach & harbour
Steam train from Paignton to Kingswear. Combine with trip to Greenway House
Stokeinteignhead-village.co.uk – village website
Teignmouth Pavilions – offers programme of events – music, films plus rooftop café
Topsham – pleasant small town with nice shops and cafes on River Exe south of Exeter. Can be used as a stop off on the journey too or from the cottage.
Torquay – only a few miles away, lovely beach and harbour. 1000
Totnes – interesting market town with individual shops and cafes – Saturday market
Users instructions for all cottage appliances can be found in red file in the cottage
Vineyard – Old Walls Vineyard – Bistro and Restaurant Bishopsteignton
Watersports Centre Teignmouth
Wildgoose Combeinteignhead – delicious food and beer garden
Widecombe-in-the-Moor – interesting village on Dartmoor – home of Widecombe Fair with Uncle Tom Cobley and all – recommend The Rugglestone Inn
Wild swimming sites – www.qualityunearthed.co.uk
X-ray – nearest A&E department at Torbay hospital
Youtube, Netflix Iplayer all available on Smart TV in cottage
Zoo – Shaldon Zoo, Paignton Zoo
Zzzzz’s Hope you sleep well after all these activities!
