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Things to do in Devon
Wondering what to do in Devon? This guide lists the area's attractions — zoos, museums, theme parks and more — with distances, so you can plan every day of your trip.
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Greenish Day - A Tribute to Green Day - Torquay
The Foundry Torquay, Torquay · 18.2 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:30
Forbidden Nights
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay · 17.4 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 22:00
A.M.C + PHANTOM, GINO + more | 13.11.26 | Move Exeter
Move Exeter, Exeter · 7.5 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Greenish Day
The Foundry Torquay, Torquay · 18.2 mi
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Aquariums
29.8 mi from Devon
National Marine Aquarium
The National Marine Aquarium is the UK's National Aquarium, located in Plymouth and home to the Ocean Conservation Trust charity. Inside you'll find over 5,000 marine animals, the...
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Museums & Galleries
5.3 mi from Devon
Kelly Mine
Kelly Mine is a disused metalliferous mine situated on the eastern flank of Dartmoor near the village of Lustleigh in Devon, England. It was intermittently operational from the 179... — Wikipedia
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6.5 mi from Devon
Crediton Museum
Crediton Museum, run by the Crediton Area History & Museum Society, occupies the ground floor of the Old Town Hall on Crediton High Street and has been open since April 2010. It's...
7.5 mi from Devon
Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre
Housed in a restored old railway station, Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre tells the story of the town from medieval times to the present. You'll find archive material, photographs and...
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7.6 mi from Devon
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Museum and art gallery in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
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7.6 mi from Devon
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is a free public museum and academic research facility holding one of Britain's largest collections on cinema and moving image history, built around...
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7.8 mi from Devon
Exeter's Underground Passages
Exeter's Underground Passages take you through medieval vaulted tunnels originally built to carry clean drinking water into the walled city, with tales of wars, sieges and plague a...
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10.1 mi from Devon
Finch Foundry (NT)
Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in Sticklepath, a small village at the foot of a steep hill on the road from Exeter to Okehampton, Devon, England. Its... — Wikipedia
10.5 mi from Devon
Topsham Museum
Topsham Museum occupies a group of late 17th century buildings overlooking the Exe Estuary, with furnished period rooms in the original Merchant's House and exhibits in the Sail Lo...
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12.4 mi from Devon
Newton Abbot Museum
Newton Abbot Museum sits in a restored Victorian church, Newton's Place, and tells the story of the town through more than 17,000 collected items, from prehistoric finds to railway...
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12.4 mi from Devon
Bishopsteignton Museum
Bishopsteignton Museum, run by Bishopsteignton Heritage, is a small local history resource in Bishopsteignton, Teignbridge, Devon, where you can search an archive of stories about...
13 mi from Devon
St. Lawrence Chapel
St Lawrence Chapel is a historic 14th-century former chapel in Ashburton, now run as a community venue and heritage centre by the Guild of St Lawrence. You can attend a varied prog...
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13.2 mi from Devon
The Arthur Westlake Museum
The Arthur Westlake Museum occupies two rooms at the end of Platform 2 at Okehampton station, and is run by Dartmoor Railway Association volunteers. It is dedicated to former railw...
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13.5 mi from Devon
Museum Of Dartmoor Life
The Museum of Dartmoor Life (MDL) is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. — Wikipedia
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13.7 mi from Devon
Exmouth Museum
Exmouth Museum & Heritage Centre is a volunteer-run museum telling the story of Exmouth, from its days as a fishing village to becoming the largest town in Devon. Inside you'll fin...
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Theme Parks
6.1 mi from Devon
Go Ape Haldon
Go Ape Haldon sits within Haldon Forest near Exeter, offering high ropes and zip wire adventures against the backdrop of Dartmoor. You can take on the classic Treetop Challenge wit...
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12.5 mi from Devon
Crealy Adventure Park
Crealy Theme Park & Resort is a family theme park near Exeter in Farringdon, East Devon, with over 60 rides and attractions, including the South West's only inverted ride and the S...
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18.6 mi from Devon
Diggerland
Diggerland is a hands-on theme park where you can ride, drive and operate real diggers, dumpers and other full-size construction machinery, alongside more than 20 rides and drives...
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23.8 mi from Devon
Woodlands Family Theme Park
Woodlands Family Theme Park is Devon's largest theme park, offering water rides, a zoo farm with reptiles, meerkats and parrots, and one of the South West's largest indoor play are...
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Water Parks
20 mi from Devon
Splashdown Quaywest
Splashdown Quaywest is the largest outdoor waterpark in the UK. It is located on Goodrington Sands Beach near to Paignton, Devon. — Wikipedia
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Zoos & Wildlife
10.2 mi from Devon
Theden Animal Park
Trago Mills is a chain of four department stores in south Cornwall, south Devon in England, and south Wales. It owns a site with an amusement park and some independent businesses,... — Wikipedia
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19.7 mi from Devon
Paignton Zoo
Paignton Zoo is an 80-acre zoological park in Torbay, Devon, home to more than 1,800 animals including Sumatran tigers, western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and Rothschild'...
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24 mi from Devon
Dartmoor Zoo
Dartmoor Zoological Society is a 33-acre (13 ha) zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England... — Wikipedia
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Where to stay near Devon
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Plan it day by day
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Devon?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Devon.
What can we do in Devon when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
More ways to explore
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