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 Torquay Tennis Club (indoor & outdoor)

...in the sunshine

23 "Best of Babbacombe" walking tour

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

12 4x4 Dartmoor safari guided tours

13 Quad biking, segways, karting

14 Torquay Golf Club - 18 holes golf

15 Golf driving range & foot golf - Paignton

16 Crazy golf - Torquay or Paignton

17 Pitch & putt

18 Outdoor bowls

19 Electric bike hire

20 Sail on a historical Brixham trawler

21 Swim outdoors at Shoalstone lido

22 Wall climbing

28 Take an open top bus tour

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 or Paignton

37 Wine tasting & gin making

38 Golden Palms Amusement Arcade

39 Ten pin bowling

40 Torquay & Paignton cinemas

41 Have a long lunch at The Elephant)

(Michelin star restaurant)

42 Dinosaur World, Torquay

43 Cookery courses

...for history & heritage

44 "Agatha Christie" walking tour

45 Agatha Christie's home - Greenway (NT)

46 Compton Castle (NT)

47 Bradley Manor, Newton Abbot (NT)

48 Coleton Fishacre, near Brixham (NT)

49 Killerton, near Exeter (NT)

50 Castle Drogo, near Oakhampton (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 "Beauty of the Bay" 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 Sandridge Barton (home of Sharpham's wine)

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