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Things to do in Dawlish
Wondering what to do in Dawlish? 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 · 8.7 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:30
Forbidden Nights
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay · 7.4 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 22:00
A.M.C + PHANTOM, GINO + more | 13.11.26 | Move Exeter
Move Exeter, Exeter · 9.9 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Greenish Day
The Foundry Torquay, Torquay · 8.7 mi
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Aquariums
Museums & Galleries
3.6 mi from Dawlish
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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3.8 mi from Dawlish
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...
6.8 mi from Dawlish
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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7.1 mi from Dawlish
Fairlynch Musuem
Fairlynch Museum is a volunteer-run museum housed in a thatched cottage in Budleigh Salterton, covering local history, archaeology, geology, costumes, lace and toys, plus a dedicat...
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7.4 mi from Dawlish
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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8.5 mi from Dawlish
Torquay Museum
Torquay Museum tells the story of 400 million years of Torbay's heritage through hands-on, family-friendly exhibitions, including a popular Agatha Christie display with original co...
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8.7 mi from Dawlish
Dinosaur World
Dinosaur World is an indoor exhibition in Torquay harbour where you can walk among life-size dinosaurs such as a Triceratops and Dimetrodon, explore scaled scenes, dig for fossils...
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8.9 mi from Dawlish
Countryside Museum
Countryside Museum sits within Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Bicton, East Devon, and traces how village life, farming, horticulture and rural crafts changed during the early 20t...
9.5 mi from Dawlish
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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10.3 mi from Dawlish
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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10.4 mi from Dawlish
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Museum and art gallery in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
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10.9 mi from Dawlish
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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10.9 mi from Dawlish
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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12 mi from Dawlish
Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum
Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum sits in a beautifully converted chapel on Chapel Street, right in the heart of Sidmouth's shopping area, and is a good choice if you're staying nearby...
12 mi from Dawlish
Sidmouth Museum
Sidmouth Museum sits in the heart of Sidmouth, East Devon, housed in a historic building with two floors of beautifully curated displays telling the story of Sidmouth and the Sid V...
Theme Parks
7.1 mi from Dawlish
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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8.8 mi from Dawlish
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 mi from Dawlish
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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20.8 mi from Dawlish
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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Water Parks
11.6 mi from Dawlish
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
8.9 mi from Dawlish
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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11.8 mi from Dawlish
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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26.2 mi from Dawlish
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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30 mi from Dawlish
Foxdown Childrens Farm
Foxdown Children's Farm is a small family-run working farm set high in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset, with views towards the Jurassic coastline. Here you can wander at leisure, p...
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Where to stay near Dawlish
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Dawlish?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Dawlish.
What can we do in Dawlish 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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