Sutton Barton, situated between the small market town of
Honiton, famous for it's lace and as an antique centre and the small
but pretty town of Colyton, offering the Colyton-Seaton tram ride,
bike hire and pretty river walking, which you can get to by taking
the Shute Exit of the A35 direction Axminster.
A little further and we have the Jurassic Coast, now a World Heritage
site. The resorts of Charmouth & Lyme Regis, famous for fossil
hunting, and Lyme's Cob, Lyme Regis. Seaton with
the pretty Axmouth estuary and harbour - ideal crab fishing.
Honiton,
small Market town: Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Farmer
Market every 3rd Thursday of the month, 8.30 - 1.00pm; Sports Centre
with swimming pool, Fitness Suite, Tennis Courts, Badminton &
Squash Courts, Skate park available. One of the countries most popular
antiques centres. Famous for Honiton Lace which is featured in the
Allhallows Museum, visited by Princess Anne in 2005.
Beer - Pretty, still traditional fishing village and Branscombe
and the popular Georgian town of Sidmouth. All
this makes us in the ideal situation for coastal and other walks
including the East Devon way, and a very popular cycling area.
Lovely National Trust houses and gardens are just a short drive
away.
Further again we are within an hour of the 3 county towns of Exeter,
Taunton, Dorchester.
Visit
the cathedral of Exeter, with its Roman past, museums, theatres,
university and shopping centres only 40 minutes by car. Further
afield are the national parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor with its ever-changing
scenery and wide open spaces or even a trip to Cornwall and the
world famous Eden Project.
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Popular children's attractions include:
Pecorama - Beer,
Beer Quarry Caves: have been worked since Roman times, always
by hand, lie approximately 1 mile outside of the village
of Beer. The lime stone from the Beer Quarry has been heavily used
in Cathedrals, including St. Pauls, Exeter Cathedral, Winchester
etc.
Tram ride-Seaton-Colyton.
Adventure Parks: Crealy, Woodlands, Quaywest, Pennywell
Farm and many more
The World of Country Life - Exmouth and Bicton Park. Diggerland.
Abbottsbury
Swannery, Kents Cavern, Dartington Crystal, Paignton Zoo, Fleet
Air Museum and Monkey World in Dorset, Plymouth Marine Aquarium,
Plymouth Hoe, to name a few of the diverse and memorable days out
whilst on Holiday.
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