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The TQ postcode area, also known as the Torquay postcode area, [2] is a group of fourteen postcode districts in South West England, within eleven post towns. These cover much of south Devon , including Torquay , Paignton , Newton Abbot , Brixham , Ashburton , Buckfastleigh , Dartmouth , Kingsbridge , Salcombe , South Brent , Teignmouth and Totnes .
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Torquay (/ t ɔːr ˈ k iː / tor-KEE) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.It lies 18 miles (29 km) south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles (45 km) east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.
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Torquay State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Tavistock Street (23] [24] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 441 students with 36 teachers (31 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). [25]
Chelston Manor - a 17th-century manor house and reputed to be one of the oldest buildings in Torquay. [10] For centuries the building was used to perform the duties of a dower house to Cockington Court [4] and today the building is a hotel and public house. Corbyn Beach and Corbyn Head; Grand Hotel
The railway extended to Torquay Seafront station in 1858, to Paignton in 1859 and to Brixham in 1861. As a result of its expansion, Torquay was granted borough status in 1872, and 1902 saw its first marketing campaign to summer tourists. Torbay Golf and Country Club (now defunct) opened in 1933. The club and course closed in the mid-1950s. [7]