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The Web-Site for Tavistock, Devon http://www.tavistock-devon.co.uk in operation since 2000 at no cost to public funds. |
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The Town Hall & Bedford Square
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at the western end of the main street Picture of the Town Hall The Parish Church , mainly 15th century, close to Bedford Square Tavistock Museum Court Gate, Bedford Square open 11:00 - 15:00 on Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays on Easter Saturday to the end of October and also on Tuesdays & Thursdays in June, July & August. Ruins of the Benedictine Abbey opposite Bedford Square and nearby in Plymout Road Picture of some of the Abbey Ruins Tavistock Pannier Market , Tuesday to Saturday incl. and some Sundays), in its own fine building behind the Town Hall |
Meadowlands Park
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close to the Abbey Ruins, between the River Tavy & the historic Tavistock-to-Morwellham canal. Meadowlands Indoor Swimming Pool in the Meadowlands Park The Wharf Arts Centre & Theatre Main Tel: 01-822-617-774 Box Office Tel: 01-822-611-166 a few minutes from Bedford Square along the Plymouth Road The Statue of Sir Francis Drake : Plymouth Road, Tavistock, near the end of Meadowlands Park From Meadowlands Park , you can follow the wooded walk beside the canal to the area of Crowndale Farm where Sir Francis Drake was born, and to "Drake's Walk". AND Many Specialist Shops in the main street & quaint side streets, to suit & interest all visitors. |
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Brentor Church
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12th century, spectacularly situated on the tor close to Brentor Village, north of Tavistock Buckland Abbey (National Trust) south of Tavistock, near Yelverton, which Sir Francis Drake and, later, Sir Richard Grenville had as their homes. Castle Drogo, (National Trust) close to Drewsteignton village: the spectacular last castle built in Britain Cotehele House and Gardens (National Trust) near the town of Gunnislake, a short distance into Cornwall Dartmoor , and its rocky tors, many of which are easy to reach from road-site car-parks. |
Lydford,
north of Tavistock, set up in about AD890 by King Alfred as a defence against the Vikings & Cornish: the village contains St Petrock's Church, Lydford Castle & Lydford Gorge (National Trust). Morwellham Quay , formerly the industrial riverside-port for the Town: 15 minutes drive westward from Tavistock Okehampton : historic market town of West Devon and called "The Gateway to Cornwall" Princetown , the location of the famous prison, built to hold French prisoners captured during Britain's 1793-1815 war with Napoleon and American prisoners of Britain's 1812 war with the USA: well known from Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
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BED & BREAKFAST AND SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION
in and close to the nearby Historic Village of Lydford, only about 7 miles from Tavistock |