Museum of Dartmoor Life

Could you live without electricityCould you cope without central heatingWhere would you get food and clothes if there were no supermarkets or clothes shops WOULD YOU SURVIVEThe people of Dartmoor did. Dartmoor is the last wilderness in southern England. It is often regarded as a bleak upland area,…
Distance: 10.8 miles away

Brimblecombe's Cider

A working museum where cider has been made for 500 years. Traditional farmhouse cider pressed through straw in 350‐year old presses. Fermented on wild yeast and aged in oak casks. Taste some and buyThe Cider Barn at Farrants Farm used to be a Farmhouse and…
Distance: 13.2 miles away

Cardew Pottery

If the idea of making your own pottery has ever appealed to you, welcome to Potty Training at Cardew Whatever your ability, our new Ceramic Studio can guide you to produce a pot whose quality will surprise you. Our friendly and fully qualified staff can offer…
Distance: 10.5 miles away

China Blue Totnes

Situated in Totnes, Devon, China Blue is your ideal day out.Step into our home accessories store and experience the excitement of entering Aladdin's cave.Visit the Ceramic Studio and make all your creative dreams come true.Our Ceramic Studio is the largest of its kind in the South West and…
Distance: 14.8 miles away

Finch Foundry

Fascinating 19th‐century water‐powered forge in working order. In its heyday the foundry produced agricultural and mining hand tools. Regular demonstrations throughout the day show the three waterwheels driving the huge tilt hammer and grindstone.Due to essential maintenance the machinery will not be in operation after 30 September…
Distance: 9.4 miles away

Morwellham 1860

On the banks of the beautiful river Tamar, amidst ancient wooded hills and acres of quiet organic meadows, this enchanting Victorian village is alive again. Once the centre of an extraordinary copper mining boom, the local characters can now reveal the parts they played, when Morwellham was…
Distance: 13.9 miles away

Morwellham Quay

An award‐winning, evocative museum and visitor centre based around the historic port and mine workings on the River Tamar. Here in the heart of the spectacular Tamar Valley, amidst towering cliffs and gently rolling farmland, a lost world lives again.Costumed staff welcome visitors to the restored port and…
Distance: 13.9 miles away

Totnes Elizabethan House Museum

Tudor house containing thesocial history of this historic town and the surrounding area. Features Tudor Kitchen, Victorian childhood, Victorian computer pioneer Charles Babbage and artefacts covering the last 5000 years. This Elizabethan House covers three floors with courtyard and herb garden outside.…
Distance: 14.9 miles away

Yelverton Paperweight Centre

This Centre, which is situated in the UK Dartmoor National Park, is home to 'The Broughton Collection'. This is an exhibition of hundreds of antique and modern glass paperweights, collected by Bernard Broughton over many years. Following his retirement from a business career in London, Bernard Broughton retired…
Distance: 10.7 miles away

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