Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon, England. It runs alongside the River Teign, and has a population of about 25,000.

Understand

Get in

By train

🌍 Newton Abbot station is on the Riviera Line serving Exeter, Starcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Torre, Torquay and Paignton.

Get around

See

• 🌍 St. Leonard's Tower, Newfoundland Way, TQ12 1EX (in the centre of Newton Abbot). 
• 🌍 Forde House. Jacobean manor house  
• 🌍 Bradley Manor, Totnes Rd, TQ12 1LX, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Medieval manor house.  
• 🌍 Tucker's Maltings, Teign Rd, TQ12 4AA, ☎ [phone]. The only UK brewery open to the public. 
• 🌍 Railway Museum, 2A St Paul's Rd, TQ12 2HP, ☎ [phone]. 

Do

Buy

• 🌍 Farmer's Market, Courtnay St, TQ12 2QN, ☎ [phone]. Tue and Fri: 9:00am-3:00pm. (updated Oct 2017)
• Market days are on Wednesday and Saturday in Market Square.

Eat

Drink

• 🌍 Ye Olde Cidar Bar, East St, TQ12 2LD, ☎ [phone]. A historical monument to cider-only pubs serving a good range of real ciders . Make sure to have a pint of Eric's Farmhouse Rough. (updated Oct 2017)

Sleep

• 🌍 Premier Inn Newton Abbot, Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Rd, Kingsteignton, TQ12 3AF, ☎ [phone]. 

Go next

• Newton Abbot is 5 miles from the coast at Teignmouth and Torquay. Travelling north west, visit Dartmoor National Park, again just a few miles from the town.