Attractions
Teignmouth is an ideal centre for exploring the English Riviera - Torquay, Paignton and Brixham - Dawlish and the Exe estuary, and the Dart Valley.
Local tourist attractions include:
- Dawlish Warren, beaches, dunes, nature reserve, golf course
- Powderham Castle
- Greenway (NT), holiday home of Agatha Christie
- Buckfast Abbey
- Dartmouth historic port, art galleries, restaurants, castle, boat trips
- Dartmouth Steam Railway Dartmouth - Paignton
- Totnes art galleries, castle, medieveal architecture, boat trips
- Kent's Cavern limestone caverns, prehistoric remains
- Paignton Zoo
- Babbacombe Model Village
- Canonteign Falls waterfalls, wildlife, woodland walks
- South Devon Railway steam trains, Totnes - Buckfastleigh
- Berry Pomeroy Castle romantic ruin
- Compton Castle (NT) medieval fortress house
- Sea Fishing and Boat Trips
- Dartington fashion, art gallery, gifts, delicatessen, gourmet restaurant
- Shaldon Wildlife Trust International breeding centre for rare and endangered species
- Dartmoor National Park
- Teignmouth Golf Course
- Exeter Cathedral City
Teignmouth has good road connections to Torquay and Paignton, to the south, Newton Abbot, Totnes and Dartmouth inland, and Dawlish to the north. Train and bus services connect to Torquay, Paignton, Newton Abbot, Totnes, and Dawlish. Steam trains run from Paignton to Dartmouth, and Totnes to Buckfastleigh. Passenger ferries connect Teignmouth to Shaldon, Greenway to Dittisham and Dartmouth, Starcross to Exmouth and a car ferry connects Kingswear to Dartmouth.
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