Attractions in Totnes

• Buckfast Abbey

  

  Working Benedictine monastery reknowned for producing Buckfast Tonic Wine. The abbey was established in 1018 and rebuilt in 1882. Website contains extensive information on monks and abbey.

• Berry Pomeroy Castle

  

  Ruined castle situated in a picturesque valley. Consists of a 15th century gatehouse and wall surrounding a 16th century Elizabethan country house

• Totnes Castle

  

  Extremely well preserved Norman shell keep. Motte and bailey castle with splendid views over the River Dart

• Devon Wildlife Centre And Hospital

  

  Wildlife hospital caring for sick, injured and orphan wildlife with a view to returning to wild as soon as possible. The centre is also an educational centre on issues facing wildlife.

• The Church House

  

  Attractive granite and thatch 15th Century, grade II* listed historic building. The house has recently undergone a major restoration project

• Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary

  

  Situated on the edge of Dartmoor, next to a river populated by wild otters, the sanctuary has enclosures of both British and Asian short-clawed otters.

• Fast Rabbit Farm

  

  150 acre farm including 40 acres of woodland and 15 acre gardens and nursery.

• Dartington Cider Press Centre

  

  A unique visitor centre with fifteen shops, eating places and workshops set in a village atmosphere.

• Compton Castle

  

  Dramatic fortified manor house

• Bradley Manor

  

  Well preserved medieval manor house surrounded by woods and meadows near Newton Abbot

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