Conveniently placed, just the other side of St. Marychurch, this 18 hole park style golf course. With great views this golf club provides a good test of skill for experienced and handicaps alike. Having been around for over 100 years and being one the UK’s best courses, the club sees a lot of visitors, so we would recommend calling in advance. Tel: 01803 314591 Web Address: Torquay Golf Club Take a day out and visit the Dartmouth Golf and Country club as well.

With a club house and bar the bowling club is close to the Tennis Club and public grounds at Cary Park, Cary Avenue. With 6 grass rinks new members of any age are always welcome. Tel: 01803 315283

Now back from the conference league and back into the big time, Torquay and Babbacombe are expecting big things. You can walk to the ground from Babbacombe. Allow about a 15 minute stroll. Hotels in Babbacombe would be ideal for supporters on that away game. Tel: 01803 328666 Links: Torquay United Local Fans Site Hotels in Torquay

The Royal Carvery is located in an idyllic location on the Babbacombe Downs, over looking Lyme Bay. The Royal is a great place to enjoy a carvery, light lunch or main meal from their good menu. The Daily Carvery is a choice of hand carved meats and served with fresh seasonal vegetables. The carvery is served every day from 12 00 – 2.30 pm and the evening meal is a selection from the main menu. Sunday Lunch is served from 12.00 – 9 00 pm. If you are looking for a venue for a special family...

The Babbacombe Inn bar and restaurant in Torquay offers cold beer, a hot meal and a warm welcome. On those sunny days the Babbacombe Inn has its very own raised beer garden and sun terrace with spectacular views from Babbacombe downs through to the Golden Cap in Dorset. There is a fully air conditioned no smoking restaurant with great food, beers, lager and fine wines and for special occasions such as Mothers day, Valentines Day, Birthdays and special family parties please visit visit the website...

Hanbury’s Fish and Chips is so well known locally. After winning countless awards and keeping the quality at a premium level, they have developed an enviable following. Both a takeaway and a restaurant, you will need to wait about 5-10 minutes for a fresh takeaway and need to book the restaurant in advance (generally). John Dory, plaice, lemon sole and brill come from Polperro and Looe, while the cod and haddock are sustainably fished in Iceland and Norway. Maureen and David Hanbury fry the...

For 182 years Babbacombe has hosted a regattawhich makes it one of the oldest established events in the country. In 1935 the Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club was founded to establish a an organised community to manage these events and develop sailing locally. The Club’s headquarters were in an old fisherman’s hut on Oddicombe Beach, the walls of which now form the bottom storey of the present Club House. This Blue Flag beach is served by by the cliff railway and a long sloping walk...

We have provided a link the cliff railway website, but here is a synopsis of the this well known local railway. A cliff Railway was proposed as early as 1890 by Sir George Newnes, an MP, between the Downs and Oddicombe Beach but it was not started until 1923 when the “Torquay Tramway Company” announced its intention to build a lift/mechanism to Oddicombe Beach. Waygood Otis, the famous lift company was appointed to undertake the installation which commenced in December 1924 and was completed...

BABBACOMBE THEATRE The history of Babbacombe Theatre goes back 90 years. In 1920 a small bandstand was built where the Theatre now stands. In 1935 this was followed by a larger outddor and canvass covered structure with a canvas, but despite the outdoor entertainment, the weather often won! In 1938 the Babacombe Downs Concert Hall was built and until the present management took over in 1986 remained almost the same. The theatres new management have attracted a multitude of stars including; Jimmy...

Babbacombe Beach is well known as a diving site both for locals and visitors and is used as a training area aswell. The shoreline provides a gently sloping sea bed which is however very rocky. Most of these are small (few pounds each). Depths reach a maximum of around 15m depending on the tide which can be quite variable (1.5m on Neap tides to approximately 4.5m on Springs). The good news is that there are no real currents close to the shore but increase to currents up to 1 knot more than 500m...