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The historic market town of Tavistock nestles on the western edge of Dartmoor within the Tamar Valley Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Shopping in the wide range of small, individual shops makes a refreshing change from the usual high street chain stores and there are many cafes and restaurants to relieve the weary shopper. The river Tavy runs behind the main street and you can follow its course past the pretty weir and through the Park with its beautiful open spaces, canal, swimming pool, tennis courts, bowling green and the Wharf Theatre and Cinema. The Town is worth visiting for its own sake but is also ideally situated for touring both in Devon and Cornwall. Many tourist attractions lie within easy driving distance including;

The City of Plymouth is only 15 miles away:
The Barbican with the Mayflower Steps (from which the Pilgrim Fathers set sail).
The Hoe
The National Marine Aquarium
The Plymouth Dome
The Plymouth Citadel                                                                              

National Trust Properties not listed below:
Cotehele House
Lanhydrock
Saint Michael's Mount
Saltram House (which featured in the film Sense and Sensibility).

The County's of Devon and Cornwall:
 
Tintagel Castle (The legendary home of King Arthur) 

Rosemoor Gardens
The Cornish Goldsmiths
The Lost Gardens of Helligan
Lands End (a place with many attractions, some showing the history of the smugglers, there is a small animal farm) 
Widdecombe-in-the-Moor  
 

 Arlington Court, Nr Barnstaple Babbacombe Model Village, Torquay    Becky Falls, Nr Bovey Tracey      Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, East Budleigh   Blackpool Sands, Nr Dartmouth Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary, Buckfastleigh   Buckland Abbey, Buckland Nr Tavistock (home of Sir Francis Drake)  Bygones, Torquay Canonteign Falls, Nr Chudleigh Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton, Nr Exeter Clovelly, Nr Bideford   Crealy, Nr Exeter  Crownhill Fort, Plymouth   Dartington Crystal, Torrington   Dartmoor Wildlife Park, Plymouth   Dartmouth Castle, Dartmouth    Kents Cavern, Torquay  Killerton, Broadclyst, Nr Exeter Lydford Gorge, Nr Okehampton  Miniature Pony & Animal Farm, Nr Moretonhampstead Morwellham Quay, Nr Tavistock (Historic Port and Copper Mine a popular local attraction)  National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, Paignton / Dartmouth  Paignton Zoo, Paignton  Pennywell Farm, Nr Buckfastleigh  Plymouth Dome, Plymouth  Powderham Castle, Nr Exeter QuayWest, Paignton   Quince Honey Farm, South Molton RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington   River Exe Cruises and Fishing Trips, Exeter Saltram House and Gardens, Nr Plymouth   South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh The Big Sheep, Bideford The Milkyway, Nr Bideford The River Dart Country Park, Ashburton Torre Abbey, Torquay Tuckers Maltings, Newton Abbot