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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 (former 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
(Historic Port and Copper Mine a popular local attraction)
Broadclyst,
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