10 Things to Do This Spring

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    The Butterwalk Duke Street, Dartmouth, TQ6 9PZ
    01803 832923
    Website

    This fascinating little museum, housed in an atmospheric 17th century merchant's house, contains an extensive collection of artefacts, models, paintings and photographs which give an insight into Dartmouth’s maritime, social and economic history.

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    The Sharpham Trust

    Sharpham Estate , Totnes, TQ9 7UT
    01803 732203
    Website

    The beautiful 550-acre estate perched on the banks of the River Dart contains 12,000 vines on its south-facing slopes and a herd of 80 Jersey cows grazing the grassland, whose milk is used for a range of handmade soft cheeses. 

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    Occombe Farm

    Preston Down Road, Paignton, TQ3 1RN
    01803 520022
    Website

    Occombe Farm, part of the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, is a working organic farm on the edge of Paignton and is free to visit seven days a week.

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    Newton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 3AF
    01626 353235
    Website

    The racing season begins at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Easter Saturday, March 26, this year. The racecourse stages 18 fixtures throughout the season up to October, including a ladies day in June.

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    The Quay Brixham Harbour, Brixham, TQ5 8AW
    01803 856223
    Website

    Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind at Brixham is a full-sized replica of one of the UK’s most iconic ships, and a feature of Brixham Harbour for more than fifty years.

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    Littlehempston, Totnes, TQ9 6LZ
    01803 840387 | 07783 550330
    Website

    Tucked away behind the South Devon Railway station at Totnes is a real gem of a farm. What started as a collection of farmyard small breeds has gradually grown and now you won’t find smaller pygmy goats or more inquisitive pigs anywhere else locally.

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    Berry Pomeroy Castle

    Berry Pomeroy , Totnes, TQ9 6LJ
    01803 866618
    Website

    This perfect romantic ruin tucked away in a deep wooded valley near Totnes has a colourful history of intrigue. Within the 15th Century defences of the Pomeroy family castle stands the dramatic ruined shell of its successor, the great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours.

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    Rock Climbing at DartRock 1

    Old Totnes Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0NF
    01364 644499.
    Website

    Grab a rope and ascend the walls of Dart Rock Climbing Centre in Buckfastleigh. Two climbers who met in a cave in Mexico built this state-of-the-art climbing centre.

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    Haldon Forest Cycling Trail

    Haldon Hill, Exeter, EX6 7XR
    0300 067 5826
    Website

    For an exhilarating dose of fresh air take a walk or bike ride – or even a Segway Trail – in the 3,500 acres of woodland at Haldon Forest Park.

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    Buckfast Abbey

    Buckfast Abbey, Dartmouth, TQ11 0EE
    01364 645500
    Website

    If you fancy a bit of calm and tranquility then a visit to the living monastery that is Buckfast Abbey will certainly relax you.

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