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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.
The museum is located on Babbacombe Road in Torquay. It has numerous galleries, including one devoted to the local author Agatha Christie [2] and another to local explorers and egyptology. [3] Since the 1950s the museum has been home to the mummy of an approximately 3 year old Egyptian boy who lived around 500BC. [4]
Abbey Park and Meadows is a public park located in Torquay, Devon, which stretches from Torre Abbey to the town's seafront. The park has a number of facilities, including tennis courts, bowling greens, crazy golf and a café. It also hosts an Italian garden with a pond and various flower displays.
Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England.It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall.
Ashfield in Torquay, Devon was the childhood home of Agatha Christie. She lived there from her birth until the time of her marriage, and intermittently thereafter. She reluctantly sold it in 1940; in 1962 it was demolished and replaced with a small estate of houses. A blue plaque marks the top left corner of the two-acre property which was ...
A Victorian villa in Torquay will be turned into 11 apartments. Torbay Council approved the plans to turn Thurlow House, in Thurlow Road, which was most recently used by the Probation Service ...
A guidebook of 1793 reports that 'The Tor Chapel, perched on the summit of the ridge of rocks, once an appendage of the abbey before us and as it has not been desecrated it is sometimes visited by Roman Catholic crews of the ships lying in the bay.' [2] Similarly it is reported in The History of Torquay (published in 1878) by J.T White that 'up ...
Pages in category "Areas of Torquay" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Babbacombe; C.