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Kirkham House is a late medieval stone house, afterwards split into three cottages, was restored in the 1960s. Kirkham House is furnished with modern furniture, illustrating traditional craftsmanship and the original use of the rooms. Guided t...
Conducted tours by trained guides,give the visitor an hour-long tour of this vast man- made complex of underground caverns created by centuries of quarrying the famous Beer Stone. The underground quarry first worked by the Romans,supplied stone f...
A truly captivating family attraction in Devon, with miniature ponies and much, much more. Set in an idyllic setting in the heart of scenic Dartmoor, there is plenty of beautiful countryside to explore including: - Paddock view café & gift shop ...
Originally the Old Police Station and Courthouse, the museum is opposite St Mary's Church in the centre of Axminster. Visitors can discover the old police cells and see displays in the former court room.
The varied collections, ranging from agricu...
A visit to the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon is the perfect way to get to know the area's landscape, wildlife, history and culture. In The Story of North Devon special effects and hands on activities help you find out about life from prehistor...
Although regular passenger trains ceased in 1965 with the notorious 'Beaching Act', the line from Barnstaple - Torrington - Meeth remained open for milk and clay traffic until 1982.
The rails were lifted in 1985 and following a failed attempt to ...
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum aims to be recognised as one of the leading cultural venues within the South West. Synonymous with the most exemplary forms of its practice and attracting a wide range of audiences of all ages from the local and int...
The Braunton Museum reflects the early beginnings of the town from the arrival of St Brannock from South Wales in the 6th Century, through to its agricultural and later maritime heritage, including the domestic and family histories of its inhabitants...
You must come and see the new display of medical items donated by our late President, Dr. Dymoke Jowitt. Some are quite gruesome; you may quail when you see how they were used!
This year, over 700 entries have been added to our register of artifac...
Fairlynch Museum is an early 19th century house which was built by a local shipowner and is probably the only thatched museum in the UK. He added the turret to watch for his ships coming in.
The garden was lovingly restored to feature plants cont...
Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) overlooks the River Dart and the sea, and is set in 126 acres of landscaped grounds in Dartmouth, Devon.
The stunning Edwardian architecture, internal and external, designed by Sir Aston Webb, contain numerous ...
A small and unusually interesting Museum housed in an old Merchants House, dated 1640. The Museum houses marine and local artefacts, including a superb collection of ships in bottles and an extensive photographic archive of the local area,shipbuildin...
Knowle House was built as a gentleman's residence in 1805, and has been used for various purposes since. It now houses Dawlish Museum.
The aim of the Museum is to preserve and display the history of Dawlish through it's artefacts, which have be...
RAMM cares for a wonderful and diverse collection consisting of over one and a half million individual objects and specimens from all over the globe. They are divided into the following curatorial departments: Antiquities; Ethnography; Natural Histor...
Topsham Museum is housed in one of a group of late 17th century buildings overlooking the Exe Estuary. Following completion of a stunning new River gallery, the Museum was 'long-listed' for the Art Fund Prize in 2008.
Part of the Museum's focus i...
Exmouth Museum was first opened in 1985 and is housed in a 19th century building which was the Council Stables together with the adjoining foremans cottage. It is now divided into three galleries, two on the ground floor and one on the first floor. T...
The museum is housed in part of a building which is in itself a museum piece; a small manor house dating from the 17th century which was used as a parsonage in 1724.
There are five separate rooms, individually themed, which cover the history of H...
The building housing the museum has a very interesting history. It is the oldest building in Honiton and started its life as part of a chapel. It became a school before it became a museum. The building dates from before 1327 and was built when the fo...
A glimpse of the museum from Runnymede Gardens, which is situated next to The Landmark Theatre on Ilfracombe's seafront. A fascinating place to visit come rain or shine and one of the best value for money attractions in North Devon.
The Main Gall...
In the Old Grammar School you find an historic building, a range of collections and a local history archive. Each one of these would be worth visiting on its own, but to experience the three is exceptional. The collections are displayed over 9 galler...
A charming small museum with collections of agricultural and domestic tools from Lynton and Exmoor. Also maritime, railway, and natural history. Unique pictures of the Lynmouth Flood, and a Victorian dolls' house.
Housed in Lynton's oldest surviv...
No visit to Ashburton would be complete without a visit to the Town's Museum. Originally started in a private house, it moved to the tower of St Lawrence Chapel and, when it outgrew that, in 1962, to the old blacksmith's shop behind the chapel (part ...
The museum reflects the history of this important market town and brings alive the characters and institutions of the past. See the working signal box in the Great Western Railway Room, for a unique hands-on experience for young and old alike. Do not...
Museum of Dartmoor Life offers exhibitions, functions, conference facilities and has a loop system for those with hearing difficulties. It is based on rural life on Dartmoor 100 Years Ago....
Our Edwardian building, which opened in 1910, houses collections of art, history and natural science. Visit us to experience our temporary exhibitions, permanent collections and regular special events. Our packed programme includes talks, workshops, ...
A historic building tucked away down one of the city's oldest streets - the Merchant's House is Plymouth's finest surviving example of a 16th/17th century residence. During the 17th century it was home to three Plymouth mayors including privateer Wil...
Salcombe museum was established in 1975. Temporary exhibitions were arranged each summer mainly with items which were loaned. Since 1991 the museum has occupied the ground floor of the former council offices and the collections have expanded to fill...
Situated in the Regency Cottage by the Parish Church just a few yards from the Market Square the Museum reflects the history of Sidmouth and the Sid Valley and is the starting point for regular Guided Strolls around this unique town.
Sidmouth is...
Here at South Molton and District Museum you can discover the true spirit of the characters from South Molton's past, through the exhibits and interactive displays.
The collections reflect the life and times of the town and the surrounding country...
An award-winning, evocative museum and visitor centre in the heart of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site and Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Just four miles west of Tavistock the historic port, mine work...
Teignmouth and Shaldon Museums are beautiful. They are not, however, just pretty places! Products of a turbulent past and the strivings of succeeding generations, Teignmouth and Shaldon have colourful and absorbing stories to tell. The stories are to...
Tiverton and Mid Devon Museum is believed to contain the largest social history collection in the South West. It was founded in 1960 with extensive redisplays taking place in 2001 and 2006 following successful lottery bids.
A Museum for the Whole ...
Torquay Museum is Devon's oldest established Museum still operating. Founded in 1844 by the Torquay Natural History Society, which was renamed Torquay Museum Society in 2003, the Society celebrated its 160th birthday in 2004.The current Museum buildi...
Torrington boasts a wonderful selection of visitor attractions, quite a coup for a town of this size. From internationally renowned Dartington Crystal Ltd, producing clear, contemporary glassware to export around the world to the beautiful Royal Hort...
Totnes Cosume Museum features an exhibition of amazing costumes and accessories from the 'The Age of Victoria 1837 - 1901' exhibit on display in Bogan House, one of Totnes' oldest and most interesting Tudor houses....
Totnes Museum is contained within an authentic Elizabethan Merchant's House, built around 1575 for the Kelland family. The house retains many features dating back to the Elizabethan period and has been painstakingly restored. Collections, dating from...
Quirky 18th-century house with fascinating interior decoration and collections. This unique 16-sided house was built on the instructions of two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, on their return from a grand tour of Europe. Completed c.1796, ...
Intimate and intriguing Regency house, set in extensive estate, and impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles. Hidden in a wooded valley on the edge of Exmoor, the Arlington estate houses numerous extraordinary collections. The house is crowded w...
Small medieval manor house set in woodland and meadows. Given to the National Trust in 1938 by Mrs A. H. Woolner, the house, which has a fine east front and chapel, is still lived in and managed by her family....
Charming vernacular buildings with mill and forge restored to working order . The Old Bakery is a stone-built and partially rendered building beneath thatch, which at the time of its closure as a business in 1987 was the last traditional working bake...
700-year-old building with fine 16th-century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville. Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The...
The 'last castle to be built in England', set above the Teign Gorge with dramatic views over Dartmoor. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built between 1911 and 1931 for the self-made food retailing millionaire Julius Drewe, the castle is a masterpiec...
Fine two-storey granite building dating from c.1540. Originally a place where 'church ales' were held in the 16th and 17th centuries ('ales' being parish festivities raising funds for the church), the building later became almshouses, a school and a...
Arts and Crafts-style house with elegant Art Deco-influenced interior, set amid gardens in a spectacular coastal setting. Built in a stream-fed valley on a beautiful stretch of the NT-protected South Devon coastline, the house was designed in 1925 fo...
Dramatic fortified manor house. Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, the castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the last 600 years. Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583) was coloniser of Newfoundland and half-brother to Sir Walter Ra...
Fascinating 19th-century water-powered forge in working order. In its heyday the foundry produced agricultural and mining hand tools. Regular demonstrations throughout the day show the three waterwheels driving the huge tilt hammer and grindstone and...
This is an extraordinary glimpse into the private holiday home of the famous and much-loved author Agatha Christie and her family. The relaxed and atmospheric house is set in the 1950s, and contains many of the family's collections, including archaeo...
Fine 18th-century house with costume collection, hillside garden and estate. Built for the Acland family in 1778, the house is furnished as a comfortable home. The Paulise de Bush collection of 18th- to 20th-century costume is displayed in period roo...
Charming example of a 1950s Post Office Room with cottage garden. This small thatched cottage housed the village post office. Outside are a wash-house, double-seated privy and chicken house....
Water-powered grain mill in working order. Believed to date from the early 19th century, the mill is in an idyllic setting by the River Clyst....
Thatched medieval cob house with interesting interior. Constructed of cob (a mixture of clay and straw), the house contains a cross-passage screen decorated with painted decorative 'grotesque' work and a landscape scene with St Andrew. In the garden ...
Discover Knightshayes, a gothic Victorian mansion set in the heart of the rolling mid Devon countryside. There’s plenty to see from looming gargoyles, imaginative carvings including the ‘seven deadly sins’ and the medieval great hall comple...
17th-century Baptist meeting house. Around 1653 the Baptist congregation of the nearby village of Kilmington constructed this simple building dug into the hillside. They attended services here at the risk of imprisonment or transportation. The interi...
Unspoilt island, home to a fascinating array of wildlife amidst dramatic scenery. Undisturbed by cars, the island encompasses a small village with an inn and Victorian church, and the 13th-century Marisco Castle. Of interest to nature-lovers are the ...
Spectacular river gorge and waterfall. This famous gorge is 1 miles long and can be viewed from a circular walk, which starts high above the river and passes through attractive oak woods before dropping down to the dramatic 30m-high White Lady waterf...
A coastal village with a small, pretty beach and a charming 19th-century mill, which is now a tea-room. With beautiful views, excellent rock pooling and a great starting point for coastal and inland walks, Wembury, near the Yealm estuary, is a popula...
Elegant Edwardian house with diverse collections and luxuriant coastal garden. This beautiful garden offers spectacular views over the Salcombe estuary and surrounding coast. The 2.75-hectare (7-acre) garden has an intimate and informal atmosphere an...
Magnificent Georgian house with Adam interiors, gardens and landscaped parkland. Saltram stands high above the River Plym in a rolling and wooded landscaped park that now provides precious green space on the outskirts of Plymouth. The house, with its...
Medieval manor house with later architectural features. Shute Barton is one of the most important surviving non-fortified manor houses of the Middle Ages. Begun in 1380, completed in the late 16th century, then partly demolished in the late 18th cent...
19th-century former fishing lodge in a picturesque setting. Built c.1832 in a valley at the confluence of the East Lyn and Hoar Oak Water, the house now serves as a NT shop, with refreshments and information. The site has been a tea-garden since 1901...
Parke Estate is a peaceful retreat set within the beautiful Devon countryside, with the River Bovey meandering through wildlife-rich woodlands.
The walled garden dates back to the 1800s, when it would probably have supplied mainly soft fruit for ...
Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement are now the remains of a Bronze Age settlement, side by side with a 'ritual landscape' of sacred sites - three stone rows, a stone circle, standing stones and burial cairns - probably constructed over a long period be...
Some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15.5 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor landscape, 4 miles E of Yelverton....
Late 18th century house, the neatly rendered austere exterior of which belies a warm, comfortable interior with Georgian elegance overlaid by Victorian solidity. Naval and military mementoes of the Woollcombes, including a model of HMS Victor(1820's)...
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