100 Things to Do on the English Riviera

You’ll never run out of things to do on the English Riviera & the wider Devon area - we’ve listed our top one hundred to get you started...

...to keep you active

1 Join an English Riviera walking tour

2 Ride the raptor—the fastest RIB in Britain

3 Private boat tour around Torbay

4 Sea kayaking tours

5 Paddleboard hire & lessons

6 Pickleball & padel - Torquay Tennis Club

7 Sea fishing trips

8 Coasteering

9 Jet ski safari

10 Bird watching at Berry Head

11 Splashdown Water Park

12 Park yoga every Sunday (5 May - 12 Sept) at Torre Abbey

13 Beach cleaning with Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative

14 Torquay Golf Club - 18 holes golf

15 Golf driving range & foot golf - Paignton

16 Crazy golf - Torquay & Paignton

17 Pitch & putt - Torquay & Shaldon

18 Outdoor bowls

19 Public tennis courts - Torquay & Paignton

20 Sail on a historical Brixham trawler

21 Swim outdoors at Shoalstone lido

22 Join a sea swimming group

...in the sunshine

23 "Fawlty Tours" walking experience

24 Ride Babbacombe Cliff Railway

25 Babbacombe Model Village

26 Fish & chips on Babbacombe Downs

27 Walk on Berry Head Nature Reserve

...in the rain

28 Sunset boat cruises

29 Catch the ferry to Paignton, Brixham or Dartmouth

30 Walk the piers at Torquay and Paignton

31 Dartmoor Llama Walks

32 Bathe at one of 20 beaches including Abbey Sands

Broadsands & Oddicombe

33 Jump on board Torquay's land train

34 Go underground at Kents Cavern

35 Step back in time at Bygones

36 Escape rooms - Torquay & Paignton

37 Wine tours and tastings - Sandridge Barton

38 Gin Making - Gin Nest, Torquay

39 Ten pin bowling

40 Torquay & Paignton cinemas

41 Have a long lunch at The Elephant

(Michelin star restaurant)

42 Dinosaur World, Torquay

43 Hole in the Wall, Torquay's oldest pub

...for history & heritage

44 "Agatha Christie" walking tour

45 Agatha Christie's home - Greenway (NT)

46 Compton Castle (NT)

47 Travel to Burgh Island with English Riviera Custom Tours

48 Coleton Fishacre, near Brixham (NT)

49 Killerton, near Exeter (NT)

50 Castle Drogo, near Okehampton (NT)

51 Overbecks, Salcombe (NT)

52 Totnes Castle (EH)

53 Dartmouth Castle (EH)

54 Berry Pomeroy Castle (EH)

55 Oldway Mansion, Paignton

56 Unique Devon Tours

57 South Devon Railway (Totnes to Buckfastleigh)

58 Dartmouth Steam Railway & river boat (Round Robin)

59 The Golden Hind, Brixham

NT - National Trust EH - English Heritage

...with nature

60 "Nartural beauty of the English Riviera" walking tour

61 Paignton Zoo

62 Dartmoor Zoo

63 Shaldon Zoo

64 Tessier Gardens, Babbacombe (dog & child free)

65 Stover Country Park

...retail therapy

66 Otter Sanctuary & Butterfly Farm, Buckfastleigh

67 Pennywell Farm, Buckfastleigh

68 Occombe Farm, Paignton

69 Dartmoor National Park

70 Totnes Rare Breeds Farm

71 House of Marbles, Bovey Tracey

72 Trago Mills, (massive discount retailer)

73 Antiques & collectables in Ashburton

74 Totnes (Devon's Glastonbury!)

75 Darts Farm, near Exeter

76 Dartington arts & crafts

77 Dartmouth

78 Teignmouth

79 South Devon Chilli Farm, Kingsbridge

...cafés with sea views

80 Maidencombe Beach café

81 Three Degrees West, Oddicombe Beach

82 Meadfoot Beach café

83 Below Decks, Torquay harbour

84 Pier Point, Torquay pier

85 Ansteys Cove, Paignton

86 Cantina, Goodrington

...arts & culture

93 Theatres - Torquay - Princess Theatre, Babbacombe Theatre, Little Theatre, The Royal Lyceum, Paignton - Palace Theatre

94 Torquay Museum or Brixham Museum

95 Crime Museum, Torquay

96 Buckfast Abbey

87 K'ohana Café, Broadsands

88 Venus Café, Broadsands

89 Fishcombe Cove, Brixham

90 Breakwater Bistro, Brixham

91 Shoalstone Café, Brixham

92 The Guardhouse Café, Berry Head

97 Torre Abbey (museum, art gallery, stately home, abbey ruins & gardens)

98 Exeter Cathedral

99 Torquay nightclubs - The Attic, Foundry, Soho

100 Galleries - Artizan, Haddon, Art Hub