DEVON

Babbacombe Model Village

Enter a world of miniature marvels! Visit the English countryside in 1/12th scale including models of famous landmarks. New features include the ‘Babbacombe Junction’ model railway exhibition and ‘Behind the Scenes’, an audio-visual presentation of the history and making of the park.

Barbican Glassworks

Visitors will be thrilled to watch free of charge the traditional skills of glassblowers at work in part of an upmarket glass and gift shop of enormous elegance.

Becky Falls Woodland Park

Escape the hurley burley with a visit to this famous woodland park with magnificent walks and waterfalls. Enjoy the wildlife discovery trails, ’Becky’ box hunts, children’s nature competitions, rescued owls and birds of prey, Dartmoor ponies, sheep, lambs, goats and rabbits to feed.

Cadhay

Cadhay Housewas built in 1550 retaining the Great Hall of the earlier house. An Elizabethan honey gallery was added to form a unique courtyard with statues of Sovereigns on each side.

Chambercombe Manor

Set in a secluded valley, Chambercombe Manor has much to offer because of it’s colourful history. The house containing eight rooms, dates from the 11th Century and was mentioned in the Doomsday book.

Cobbaton Combat Collection

The Cobbaton Combat Collection has over 50 mainly World War II British and Canadian military vehicles and artillery pieces plus thousands of smaller items, from tanks to ration books, all undercover, plus a building dedicated to the Home Front.

Coldharbour Mill

Coldharbour Mill is in beautiful countryside, but just 2 miles from junction 27 of the M5. It has produced textiles since 1790 and is now a working museum, making knitting wools and fabrics on period machinery.

Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park

The land that time forgot, 26 acres of sub tropical paradise with rare and exotic plants, cascading waterfalls and free flying tropical birds, hundreds of animals including snow leopards, meercats, primates and sealions, as well as animatronic dinosaurs, so real they’re alive! Come and meet the best T-Rex in the world.

Compton Castle

Fortified manor house built between 1340 and 1520 by the Gilbert family, home of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, coloniser of Newfoundland and half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Crealy Adventure Park

Crealy Adventure Park – offically the South West’s best family day out – combines magic, adventure, animals and rides and slides to unforgettable effect.

Crownhill Fort

Plymouth’s Best Kept Secret – Most people hardly notice Crownhill Fort as they go past, it is so well concealed from the outside world and this was exactly the intention when it was built back in the 1860’s.

Devon Guild of Craftsmen

The South West’s leading gallery, craft showrooms and café with courtyard seating. Stunning location in grade II listed riverside mill on the fringes of Dartmoor.

Exeter Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral is a beautiful, historic cathedral, with a very active community and a continuous cycle of daily worship. Guided tours of the Cathedral take place from April to October.

Exmouth Museum

Exmouth Museum is a museum of local history, houses in the old council stables, hayloft and early 19th Century foreman’s cottage. Displays include local history, a stationary steam engine, Victorian kitchen, Childrens antique lace, young visitors centre plus a variety of changing displays.

Grand Western Horseboat Co.

Devon is privileged to have one of the few remaining traditional horse-drawn barges, which enchants visitors with a nostalgic journey into yesteryear.

Holsworthy Museum

Holsworthy Museum is a small, local museum with themed displays including Holsworthy town, local railway, agriculture, medical and apothecary, local craftsmen and the two World Wars.

Living Coasts

Living Coasts features a range of fascinating coastal creatures from penguins to fur seals, puffins to sea ducks. There are sandy beaches, rugged cliff-faces and a tranquil estuary.

Lundy Island

Lundy Island lies 11 miles off the north Devon coast, three miles long and half a mile wide, a place of outstanding natural beauty, skies full of birds, pirate haunts and air like wine.

National Marine Aquarium

Visit Britain’s biggest and Europe’s deepest aquarium. Come on a fascinating journey through an amazing underwater world where you will witness inspiring displays of over 4000 animals and learn more about their ever-changing habitats.

Orchid Paradise

Wander amongst the rare and exotic orchids in a cool paradise garden come rain or shine. There is always a wide array of orchids in bloom all year round, colourful and fragrant, cool in Summer, warm in Winter.

Paignton Zoo

Cover thousands of miles in just a few hours and on foot, on a worldwide nature trail. Explore habitats from around the world: scorching deserts, frozen poles, African Savannah and the rain forest of South America are all represented.

Pennywell Farm & Wildlife Centre

At Pennywell we are always ready to welcome you, with a team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff, you are guaranteed a fun day. We will help you milk the goats, race a ferret or bottle-feed the baby lambs.

RHS Garden Rosemoor

Set deep in the lovely North Devon countryside, RHS Garden Rosemoor has become a garden of national importance. You do not have to be a keen gardener to appreciate the beauty and diversity of Rosemoor, which was gifted to the RHS by Lady Ann Berry 12 years ago.

Saltram

Saltram stands in a wooded landscaped park on the outskirts of Plymouth. The house with original contents was created between 1740 and 1820. It features two of Robert Adams finest rooms, an exceptional collection of paintings by Reynolds and superb furniture and ceramics.

Seaton Tramway

Enjoy a ride through the beautiful Axe Valley between Seaton and Colyton on Devon’s unique narrow-gauge Seaton Tramway. Purpose built and restored tramcars give panoramic views of the rolling Devon countryside and the River Axe, teaming with scores of wading birds and other wildlife.

Spacex

Spacex is one of the UK’s leading public contemporary art galleries, presenting the latest developments in visual art to as wide an audience as possible.

The Bill Douglas Centre

The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture houses one of Britain’s largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history of film and visual media.

The Buckfast Butterfly Farm & Otter Santuary

For nature lovers the Butterfly Farm and Otter Santuary on the edge of Dartmoor is well worth a visit. Many of us are familiar with otters from books, films and TV programs, and butterflies with their bright colours are welcome visitors to our gardens in summer months.

The Elliott Gallery

Here at the Elliott Gallery is an exciting art exhibition that the more discerning person will not want to miss. It contains one of the largest and most comprehensive exhibitions of quality paintings, sculpture and craftwork in all North Devon.

The Guildhall

Established in 1088 as part of the Benedictine Priory, rebuilt in 1553 following the reformation, the Guildhall became the meeting place of the Merchant Guild.