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Tavistock is approx. 10 miles from Plymouth and 40 miles from Exeter with good access via the M5 and A30. An historic market town with lots of interesting history, lovely architecture and right on the edge of Dartmoor.

It has an excellent range of shops, many unusual and offering a wide variety of specialist goods.
Tavistock is very well known in the West Country as a favourite place to visit for this variety. It is not full of the usual High Street chain stores.

Tavistock has a pannier market, which is open every day except Sunday and Monday, again, great fun to visit and browse around with lots of locally grown and crafted produce.
There is an antique market on some days most weeks.
The Town Hall is a regular venue for craft and antique fairs and has a regular variety of events, particularly at weekends.

There are many great places to eat, either in the town, or in the pubs in the nearby villages, where some excellent fare can be found.

Situated on the edge of Dartmoor, Tavistock is an ideal location for those who enjoy walking, cycling, fishing, horse riding and golf, in a scenic rural area with many facilities and activities within easy travelling distance.

Well situated to use as a touring base with a variety of interesting and varied attractions being easily accessible from the both cottages.
The beautiful wilds of Dartmoor are on the doorstep or why not visit the coast and experience the beautiful scenery it offers.
Only an hour from the Eden Project and bordering Cornwall, so plenty of places to explore.

PLACES OF LOCAL INTEREST IN AND NEAR TAVISTOCK

Within the Town of Tavistock

The Town Hall & Bedford Square ,
at the western end of the main street

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

Tavistock Pannier Market ,
Tuesday to Saturday incl.
and some Sundays),
in its own fine building
behind the Town Hall

Meadowlands Park ,
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.

Outside Tavistock

Brentor Church ,
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

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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