Paignton

Paignton is a town in Devon.

Get in

By car

By bus

Stagecoach 12 – Newton Abbot, Torquay, Paignton and Brixham.

By train

🌍 Paignton station is on the terminus of the Riviera Line serving Exeter, Starcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Torre, Torquay and Paignton. It is also the terminus of the Manchester Piccadilly line to Paignton.

Get around

See

• 🌍 Paignton Zoo, Totnes Road, TQ4 7EU, ☎ [phone].  
• 🌍 Kirkham House, Kirkham Street, TQ3 3AX. Jul-Sep: Su 2PM-5PM. Free.  
• 🌍 Greenway, Greenway Road, Galmpton, TQ5 0ES, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Greenway is one of many properties owned by world-renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie. The National Trust have painstaking created an atmosphere that allows visitors to get a glimpse into what she would have done in the summer. (updated Oct 2016)

Do

• 🌍 Paignton Pier, Paignton Sands, TQ4 6BW, ☎ [phone]. A pleasure pier with various attractions including amusement rides, arcade machines and a cafe. (updated Oct 2017)
• 🌍 Palace Theatre, Palace Ave, TQ3 3HF, ☎ [phone]. The oldest working theatre in Torbay. (updated Oct 2017)
• 🌍 Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, Queens Park Station, Torbay Rd, TQ4 6AF, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2017)
• 🌍 Splashdown Quaywest Waterpark, Goodrington Sands, Tanners Rd, TQ4 6LN, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2017)

Beaches

• 🌍 Paignton Beach. (updated Oct 2017)
• 🌍 Fairy Cove Beach. (updated Oct 2017)

Buy

Eat

As Paignton is a seaside town, you can expect the usual takeaway establishments mainly fish & chip shops, Chinese & Cantonese & Indian cuisines.

• 🌍 The Shoreline, Eastern Esplanade, TQ4 6AG, ☎ [phone]. Has great seaviews of Torbay. (updated Oct 2016)
• 🌍 The Harbour Light, North Quay, The Harbour, TQ4 6DU, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2017)

Drink

• 🌍 Inn on the Green, Esplanade Rd, TQ4 6BG, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. A pub that offers great drinking atmosphere for the older and more mature people and also offers great views on the sea. Easy access as well. (updated Oct 2016)
• 🌍 The Inn on the Quay, Tanners Rd, TQ4 6LP, ☎ [phone]. A typical family pub which is owned by Brewers Fayre. This pub offers a fun house for the kids which should in time keep them quiet but also, the pub is right near the beach and also has an arcade and also a large outdoor water slide, so much for the kids to do. Worth a try! (updated Oct 2016)
• 🌍 The Talk of the Town, 46–52 Torbay Rd, TQ4 6AL, ☎ [phone]. 7AM-midnight. Wetherspoons pub. (updated Oct 2017)
• 🌍 The Isaac Merritt, 54–58 Torquay Rd, TQ3 3AA, ☎ [phone]. 8AM-midnight. Wetherspoons pub named after Isaac Merritt Singer, a sewing entrepreneur who retired to Oldway Mansion near the town. (updated Oct 2017)

Sleep

Budget

• 🌍 The Ratcliffe, 4 Garfield Rd, TQ4 6AU (situated in the heart of Paignton), ☎ [phone], [phone]. A distinctive, late Victorian B&B, the Ratcliffe Guest House is run by Kevin and Anna Hunt. They offer a varied and balanced menu for breakfast using home-cooked locally sourced produce. Rooms From £44 per night including breakfast weekly rates and special offers available. 
• 🌍 Premier Inn, Tanners Rd, Goodrington Sands, TQ4 6LP, ☎ [phone]. From £34 per night. (updated Oct 2017)

Splurge

• 🌍 The Palace Hotel, Esplanade Rd, TQ4 6BJ, ☎ [phone]. From £122 a night. (updated Oct 2017)

Connect

Go next

• Exeter – City known for its cathedral and university, also the county town of Devon.
• Torquay – A town with 9 beaches and home of novelist Agatha Christie.
• Brixham – A small fishing town.

Routes through Paignton

merges with and ←	N  S	→ Brixham
Exeter ← Torquay ←	N  S	→ merges with the
merges with ← Totnes ←	W  E	→ merges with the