Tourist attractions Bovey Tracey

The Romanesque towers of the transept are the oldest part of Exeter Cathedral; most of the edifice was remodelled in the 13C and completed in the 14C. Inside, the most striking feature is the tierceron vault , in the nave that reaches over 91m. Also..

This is one of the largest zoos in Britain (30 ha): many animals are part of an endangered species preservation programme. It also includes an extravagant botanical garden.

The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury (1170) is said to have been founded by William de Tracey in atonement for his part in St Thomas Becket's murder. The church has been restored but principally dates from the 15C and contain..

When he discovered that he was descended from a Norman aristocrat, Dru or Drogo, who lived in the 12C, the rich grocer Julius Drewe had Edwin Lutyens create an extraordinary castle in his name. The castle was built 1911-1930 from granite taken from D..

This priory then parish church with its red sandstone tower, decorated with gruesome gargoyles, contains a beautiful Beer stone rood screen (1459).

The half-timbered Elizabethan Museum (no 70), the dark red brick Manor (now a community education centre), a late 18C Gothic house (in Bank Lane) and other attractive buildings (nos 48 and 52) testify to Totnes' former prosperity.

This building, built in memory of Prince Albert (1896), contains superb collections of artefacts covering four main areas of interest: natural history, archeology, ethnography and fine and decorative arts. The natural history section (animal, vegetab..

Digs carried out in a number of caves, Kents Cavern, revealed that they had sheltered prehistoric animals and men for long periods, from the Palaeolithic age 100,000 years ago to the Roman era. The 800m of paths lead through caves with petrified wate..

The 20m-high Becky Falls are near the village of Manaton in Dartmoor National Park, north of Plymouth. The area is criss-crossed by nature trails, making it a good departure point for walks on the moors. South of Manaton, near Haytor Vale, are the H..

This two-story stone house has a loggia on its façade with seven octagonal columns and dates back to 1537, when it was the village hospice.

St Pancras is a vast building that is 32m long and in the Perpendicular style, flanked with a 40m-high red granite tower. It is sometimes called the Cathedral of the Moors . The barrel vault is decorated with fine sculpted bosses.

This three-arched, 16C granite bridge in the north of Dartmoor National Park spans Fingle Gorge. On the hilltop stand the ruins of an Iron Age hillfort, Prestonbury Castle .

The present abbey was consecrated in 1932, 900 years after its foundation under King Canute (1016-1035). The new church is Norman in style, following the plan of the Cistercian house dissolved under Henry VIII. The High Altar is decorated with gold..

75 years after its foundation, Dartington continues to fulfil the intentions of its founders, Leonard (1893-1974) and Dorothy Elmhirst (1887-1968). By encouraging talent and individual responsibility through progressive education and reassessing ..

Surrounded by magnificent gardens, Torre Abbey is an 18C house, a building known as "The Spanish Barn" and the ruins of the medieval abbey. The house has been turned into a museum and contains a collection of English pewter, glassware from ..

The quay dates from the days when Exeter was a port, during a period of prosperity which was brought to an abrupt end in the 13C when Isabella of Devon built a weir across the river and diverted all trade from Exeter to Topsham. By the 16C, the river..

High on a mound sits the 14C castle, built to strengthen the 11C motte and bailey earthworks. The ramparts command excellent views of the River Dart Valley.

This sandstone building was once the guest quarters of a Benedictine priory founded in 1087 which later became an Elizabethan merchant's home. In the Norman crypt, massive round columns support low ribbed vaulting. The Guest Hall and Prior's Room hav..

Interesting features include the Guildhall (1553), which occupies the site of an earlier Benedictine priory. The house at no 16, now a bank, was built in 1585 by a local pilchard merchant whose initials are on the façade. The granite pillared Butt..

Just beyond the Arch at the top of Fore Street, turn right up a flight of steps. The cobbled path along the old ramparts leads past cottages with gay, well-groomed frontages.