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The History of Torquay, a town in Torbay, on the south coast of the county of Devon, England, starts some 450,000 years ago with early human artefacts found in Kents Cavern. There is little evidence of any permanent occupation at Torquay until the eleventh century records in the Domesday Book , though it is known that visits were made by Roman ...
Corbyn Head Hotel was a hotel on the seafront of Torbay Road, Torbay, Devon. [1] The hotel had 52 bedrooms in 1990 but was later reduced to 45 bedrooms. [2] It was often used for conferences in Torbay. [3] The hotel was demolished in February 2020 to make way for a controversial six-storey replacement. [4]
The Gleneagles Hotel was a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England. The 41-bed establishment, which opened in the 1960s, was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers , a British situation comedy first broadcast in the mid-1970s.
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.
Brunel Manor was until 2021 operated by The Woodlands House of Prayer Trust as a Christian holiday, retreat and conference centre. [6] The house was considerably extended for this purpose during those years, and the gatehouse lodge was re-purchased from private owners in 1986.
The Grand Hotel is a hotel in Torquay, Devon. The Restaurant 1881 holds an AA Rosette for fine dining. [1] The hotel has 132 bedrooms and 4 floors. The Grand Hotel first opened in Torquay in 1881, in response to the Great Western Railway’s expansion into the South West. In 1926, it was one of the first hotels in the UK to install central heating.
Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England.It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features (as a karst feature in the Devonian limestone). The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957.
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.