Babbacombe Pier is an ideal place to fish but is very often busy due to its well protected location, Cary Arms pub and close proximity to a car park and a good walk down from Babbacombe Downs, where there is free parking at the Cricket Club. There is a very steep hill going down to the beach and pier and is not for faint hearted driver or a car with no power! Be warned about the car park; this is privately managed and you will be wheel clamped if you don’t pay. Up to 2 hours costs £2 and...

This outdoor model village was opened in 1963 by Tom Dobbins. Mr Dobbins had previously opened another model village at Southport in 1957. This wondeful exhibition covers 4 acres and includes over 400 models along with over 1,000 ft of model train track. Representing over 5 decsades worth of English history these miniature gardens and houses complete with vehicles, characters and animated features is not to be missed. Also famous for its wonderful gardens there is something for both young and old...

There are lots of things to do in and around Babbacombe. You can honestly go to Babbacombe and not bother to visit its larger brother Torquay. The following are a few things you may like to try: Babbacombe Theatre, Babbacombe Model Village, Hanburys Award Winning Fish and Chip Restaurant, take in one of the pubs, bars or restaurants along the Downs, relax on one its two well known beaches, visit the Cary Arms for a sumptious meal or an evening beer on the Terrace, go fishing off the rocks, harbour...

Why not research the rich heritage of Babbacombe? This true story one of the most famous events in Devon and even the UK. On Saturday 15th November 1884, Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse was murdered in Babbacombe and found hacked to death in her burnt out cottage. The culprit, who denied it to his death bed, was purportedly, her employee John Henry George Lee. This story is famous for failed attempts to hang him and his unusual life before, during and after his life sentence in prison. John Lee was from...