Please note that the museum is now closed in its current location. We will re-open in late 2019 or early 2020, following completion of our relocation project to the centre of Newton Abbot. In the meantime, look out for our community events and pop-up museum in various locations – see www.newtonsplace.org for more details. St...
Category: Things to Do
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Pyjama Drama Sessions
9:30am Queen’s Room, Hannahs at Seale-Hayne Pyjama Drama offer weekly imaginative play classes for children aged 2-4 years, which are full of music, movement, playing and lots and lots of pretending! With a different adventure each week, children learn about the world and develop essential life skills whilst making friends, having fun and creating amazing...
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Paignton Zoo
Paignton Zoo is home to thousands of amazing animals and plants. Visit the desert, cross the savannah, explore the forest and trek through the tropics. Use your senses to discover the wild world: look around, listen out – you’ll even need your sense of smell! It’s a great day out for everyone. Paignton Zoo is...
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Trago Mills
Trago Mills is approx 3 miles from Newton Abbot on the Bovey Tracey road from Newton Abbot (A382). Trago offers discount shopping and a leisure park where the children will find among other activities Supakarts, bumper boats, trampolines and a bouncy castle. There is a steam railway which runs for 2 and half miles and...
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China Blue Ceramic Studio
Treat yourself to a creative experience at China Blue’s ceramic studio – the largest of its kind in the South West! China Blue is the ALL weather attraction the whole family will enjoy! Have fun designing your own ceramics from the huge collection of figures, mugs, plates & much, much, more. Choose your colours, brushes...
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Tumbling Teds Playhouse
Tumbling Teds Playhouse is an indoor playcentre. It is suitable for children aged 6 and under. It offers: * Slides * Ball pool * Playhouses * Climbing equipment * Treehouse * Funbus. Free if under: 1 yrs Opening times: Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm Sat 9am to 2pm Facilities: * Toilets * Cafe * Baby Changing...
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Dinosaur World
Torquay’s Dinosaur World is a brand new and exciting visitor attraction exploring the lives of the most amazing creatures to walk the earth and the worlds in which they lived. This is an experience you’ve never had before – we’ve hand-picked the very best life-size dinosaur recreations, scale models and extraordinary fossils from all over...
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Dartmoor Otters & Buckfast Butterflies
The Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary offers a great, enjoyable, otter and butterfly educational experience. Otter Sanctuary This sanctuary has been set up with both the intention to provide the otters with the best conditions to live in, but also in a way that visitors are able to see and enjoy the otters. You...
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House of Marbles and Teign Valley Glass
HOUSE OF MARBLES Leave Newton Abbot and head for Bovey Tracey (A382) and Pottery Road is where you will find House of Marbles. Admission and parking is free, so there’s a great start! See the largest collection of marbles in the world and visit the biggest marble run in the UK. Watch glass being blown...
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Dawlish, Teignmouth & Shaldon Beaches
Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren prides itself on being one of South Devon’s top family beaches. Distinctive sand dunes and an internationally recognised nature reserve Dawlish Town Beach Within a short walk from the town centre, Dawlish Town Beach is ideal to escape the hustle and bustle of the town. This long sandy beach is backed...