Exeter Airport 35 min
Splashdown Quaywest (14 min) Tumbling tyre rides, swimming pools and a toddlers' fun pool, plus wetsuit hire and food available. Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves (10 min) Prehistoric caves geared for family visits with kids' activities, tours and a large restaurant. Paignton Pier (9 min) Family-friendly entertainment complex with tenpin bowling, fairground rides, crazy golf and a cafe. Paignton Beach (10 min) A long pier juts out from this popular, sandy beach offering swimming, plus nearby cafes & arcades. Meadfoot Beach (9 min) Shingle beach featuring diving, fishing & rock pools at low tide, plus seasonal toilets & a cafe. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park (15 min) Lions, tigers, giraffes, gorillas, crocs, snakes and more plus mini train, events and feeding times. Babbacombe Cliff Railway (7 min) Taking riders from the beach to the top of the cliffs, this railway is hauled from the top station. Broadsands Beach (18 min) Long, family-friendly sandy beach with tide pools, beach huts & a cafe for sandwiches & ice cream. Torre Abbey Museum (7 min) Art and antiques collections in a historic building with a palm house in 7-acre gardens, plus cafe. Dartmouth Steam Railway (53 min) Scenic heritage railway traveling along the South Devon coast to quaint villages & ferry service. Cockington Court (7 min) Oddicombe Beach (10 min) Steps or cliff railway down to a shingle beach with deck-chair hire and a cafe at the top. Babbacombe Model Village (7 min) Model park with 4 acres of miniature houses, vehicles and people, including castle and fiery dragon. Bygones (7 min) Quaint shops line this recreated Victorian street, plus a model railway and replica wartime trench. Greenway House (25 min) Stately Georgian estate on the River Dart & former home of the famed author Agatha Christie. |