Guidebook for Devon
Food Scene
The Masons Arms, Knowstone
Because the food is creative and delicious
You can go to see a film or watch a play or go to see a band, and have a meal beforehand, or you can just pop in for an afternoon coffee.
47 locals recommend
The Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore StYou can go to see a film or watch a play or go to see a band, and have a meal beforehand, or you can just pop in for an afternoon coffee.
Parks & Nature
Spectacular scenery, the highest waterfall in the south west of England, an iconic riverside walk.
82 locals recommend
Lydford Gorge Tea Rooms
1 SouthgateSpectacular scenery, the highest waterfall in the south west of England, an iconic riverside walk.
350 acres of beautiful nature to walk in, jog in, cycle in, go horseriding in.
11 locals recommend
Meeth Quarry Nature Reserve
350 acres of beautiful nature to walk in, jog in, cycle in, go horseriding in.
It's got a dramatic waterfall, has sandy areas and also rock pools to explore. The cliff formations are also dramatic, striated and folding. You have to drive along narrow lanes to get here, but it's well worth the effort.
23 locals recommend
Welcombe Mouth Beach
It's got a dramatic waterfall, has sandy areas and also rock pools to explore. The cliff formations are also dramatic, striated and folding. You have to drive along narrow lanes to get here, but it's well worth the effort.
Sandymouth sits along a stretch of coast between Bude and Morwenstow, one of Cornwall's wild and dramatic corners with a character all of its own.
With a dramatic backdrop of sheer cliffs dating back millions of years, and a pebble ridge at the top of the beach with sand exposed as the tide recedes, Sandymouth is popular amongst surfers and rock-poolers alike.
73 locals recommend
Sandymouth Bay Beach
Sandymouth sits along a stretch of coast between Bude and Morwenstow, one of Cornwall's wild and dramatic corners with a character all of its own.
With a dramatic backdrop of sheer cliffs dating back millions of years, and a pebble ridge at the top of the beach with sand exposed as the tide recedes, Sandymouth is popular amongst surfers and rock-poolers alike.
It's not just the beautiful grounds, from walled gardens, woodland to a walk leading down to a rocky cove overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It's also the Abbey itself, built in the 12th century, remaining as a monastery for 400 years, it has never been sold and is the lived-in family home of the Stucley family. It has a very good tea house with a delicious selection of cakes :)
65 locals recommend
Hartland Abbey
It's not just the beautiful grounds, from walled gardens, woodland to a walk leading down to a rocky cove overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It's also the Abbey itself, built in the 12th century, remaining as a monastery for 400 years, it has never been sold and is the lived-in family home of the Stucley family. It has a very good tea house with a delicious selection of cakes :)
Beautiful gardens and a beautiful neo gothic mansion. National Trust property. The gardens merge from formal gardens and a kitchen garden to wilder areas beyond the 'ha ha'. An hour's drive from Larkworthy.
12 locals recommend
Knightshayes Court
Beautiful gardens and a beautiful neo gothic mansion. National Trust property. The gardens merge from formal gardens and a kitchen garden to wilder areas beyond the 'ha ha'. An hour's drive from Larkworthy.
Huge sandy beach, good for surfing,body boarding, long walks, with Braunton Burrows behind with its miles of sand dunes.
195 locals recommend
Saunton Sands
Huge sandy beach, good for surfing,body boarding, long walks, with Braunton Burrows behind with its miles of sand dunes.
Bude Sea Pool
Arts & Culture
Torrington 1646
South StreetYou can see how they lived in civil war times
The Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore StShopping
Ruth and Richard grow their own veggies which you buy at their farm. They're just down the road from us, a ten minute walk.
Hallwood Farm
Ruth and Richard grow their own veggies which you buy at their farm. They're just down the road from us, a ten minute walk.
Essentials
Waitrose & Partners
School WayLidl
New StreetCo-op Food - Hatherleigh
24 Bridge StThe nearest for essentials
Co-op Food - Torrington
22 South StEverything Else
Bude
13 Lansdown RdLots of beaches. Surfing
Good surf. At low tide, masses of room for exercising dogs, people
58 locals recommend
Northam Burrows Country Park
Sandymere RoadGood surf. At low tide, masses of room for exercising dogs, people
Sightseeing
Dramatic coastal scenery. Good pub for lunch. South west coastal path.
109 locals recommend
Hartland Quay
Dramatic coastal scenery. Good pub for lunch. South west coastal path.
The rocky headland of Tintagel is the setting for for over 1500 years of history and archeology. King Arthur was said to have ruled here. A walkway has recently been built linking the headland with its medieval castle to the mainland. There was a short neck of land connecting the island to the mainland but this fell into the sea some time between the 12th and 15th century and the island, until last year, was only accessible by steep steps. The modern steel walkway, paved with Cornish slate, is itself impressive and there are some amazing views of the dramatic coastline.
299 locals recommend
Tintagel Castle bridge
South West Coast PathThe rocky headland of Tintagel is the setting for for over 1500 years of history and archeology. King Arthur was said to have ruled here. A walkway has recently been built linking the headland with its medieval castle to the mainland. There was a short neck of land connecting the island to the mainland but this fell into the sea some time between the 12th and 15th century and the island, until last year, was only accessible by steep steps. The modern steel walkway, paved with Cornish slate, is itself impressive and there are some amazing views of the dramatic coastline.