Where to Eat, Shop + Visit nr Bigbury on Sea, Burgh Island + Challaborough
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Where to Eat, Shop + Visit nr Bigbury on Sea, Burgh Island + Challaborough
Food Scene
The Pickwick Inn
Italian Pizza /Dining pub - great for families
A 13th century village pub, it recently won Devon Dining Pub of the Year. Outstandingly good food, it's our favourite inn by far and a 20 minute walk from the cottage (or 5 min drive). Does great ales, gins, wine and atmosphere (esp in the older part of the pub). Book ahead - especially during holiday times.
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The Journeys End Inn
A 13th century village pub, it recently won Devon Dining Pub of the Year. Outstandingly good food, it's our favourite inn by far and a 20 minute walk from the cottage (or 5 min drive). Does great ales, gins, wine and atmosphere (esp in the older part of the pub). Book ahead - especially during holiday times.
Highly recommended for local crab & seafood right on Salcombe's coast.
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The Crab Shed
Gould RoadHighly recommended for local crab & seafood right on Salcombe's coast.
A must-visit when in Bigbury on Sea - walk over to Burgh Island when the tide is out, come back by sea tractor if the tide is in. The Pilchard have a large outdoor seating area looking over the beach and a very cosy indoor bar. Food is casual dining, but the best you'll taste. Incredible fish and chips, veggie (or not) burgers, and pizzas - all ordered to take away from a cabin below or eat in or out. Ice Cream stand outside in summer.
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The Pilchard Inn
A must-visit when in Bigbury on Sea - walk over to Burgh Island when the tide is out, come back by sea tractor if the tide is in. The Pilchard have a large outdoor seating area looking over the beach and a very cosy indoor bar. Food is casual dining, but the best you'll taste. Incredible fish and chips, veggie (or not) burgers, and pizzas - all ordered to take away from a cabin below or eat in or out. Ice Cream stand outside in summer.
Amazingly good local ice cream served fresh, on their farm shop, with beautiful views out to sea to boot.
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Surfing Cow Ice Cream
Amazingly good local ice cream served fresh, on their farm shop, with beautiful views out to sea to boot.
The Dolphin Inn
Good fish and chips, and roasts, lovely beer garden.
Quirky little place that's a joy to sit in - or out (large garden for summer & winter dining) at. Seafood and meat dishes best, but some veggie options too. The Old SchoolHouse sits in a field just above the beach at Mothecombe.
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Schoolhouse Restaurant
Quirky little place that's a joy to sit in - or out (large garden for summer & winter dining) at. Seafood and meat dishes best, but some veggie options too. The Old SchoolHouse sits in a field just above the beach at Mothecombe.
The BeachHouse is a seafood shack on South Milton Sands with a reputation that stretches before them - takeaway may be your only option if you haven't booked ahead in the summer months.
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Beachhouse
The BeachHouse is a seafood shack on South Milton Sands with a reputation that stretches before them - takeaway may be your only option if you haven't booked ahead in the summer months.
Drinks & Nightlife
Outstandingly good food, great ales, wine and atmosphere in this 13th century village pub.
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The Journeys End Inn
Outstandingly good food, great ales, wine and atmosphere in this 13th century village pub.
An old smugglers' inn on Burgh Island. It's wonderful for a drink in the afternoon looking out over the beach and back to the mainland, or a cosy evening drink in a very old smuggling inn. Does the best fish n'chips and burgers (meat or veggie), fancy prices but it's very good indeed. Gets busy in peak summer / holiday season so get here once the tide parts.
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The Pilchard Inn
An old smugglers' inn on Burgh Island. It's wonderful for a drink in the afternoon looking out over the beach and back to the mainland, or a cosy evening drink in a very old smuggling inn. Does the best fish n'chips and burgers (meat or veggie), fancy prices but it's very good indeed. Gets busy in peak summer / holiday season so get here once the tide parts.
Sightseeing
Take in the art deco hotel, get there early for lunchtime baguettes at the old smugglers inn and make sure to check the tide times - walk across to this tidal island or get the sea tractor back (£2) when it's running.
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Burgh Island
Take in the art deco hotel, get there early for lunchtime baguettes at the old smugglers inn and make sure to check the tide times - walk across to this tidal island or get the sea tractor back (£2) when it's running.
Agatha Christie's Holiday Home is set in vast and stunning gardens that vary from the sub-tropical to ferneries, greenhouses and bowling greens. Well worth a day's visit, the house is also intriguing, whether you're a Christie fan or not. Drive, take the steam train that runs along the river, or the ferry.
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Greenway House
Agatha Christie's Holiday Home is set in vast and stunning gardens that vary from the sub-tropical to ferneries, greenhouses and bowling greens. Well worth a day's visit, the house is also intriguing, whether you're a Christie fan or not. Drive, take the steam train that runs along the river, or the ferry.
Lovely gardens and walks down to the sea, great views out from the top of the garden and a very stylish art deco house, owned by the founders of the D'Oyly Carte Opera.
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National Trust - Coleton Fishacre House & Gardens
Brownstone RoadLovely gardens and walks down to the sea, great views out from the top of the garden and a very stylish art deco house, owned by the founders of the D'Oyly Carte Opera.
Shopping
Kingsbridge
Good for shops, cafes, restaurants and harbour walks
Whether it's for the freshest, tastiest fruit and veg in season or the fun of the kids picking berries, we love Pip's! Handily located by Ben's Farm Shop in Yealmpton.
Pips Pick Your Own
Whether it's for the freshest, tastiest fruit and veg in season or the fun of the kids picking berries, we love Pip's! Handily located by Ben's Farm Shop in Yealmpton.
Great deli counter, spanish tapas foods, fresh fish, meat and other organic produce, this is a wonderful and good sized farm shop.
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Ben's Farm Shop
StavertonGreat deli counter, spanish tapas foods, fresh fish, meat and other organic produce, this is a wonderful and good sized farm shop.
Essentials
A more local supermarket than the bigger ones in Kingsbridge, Modbury's CoOp has most grocery essentials, fruit & veg, and bakery items - worth the trip if Kingsbridge is a drive too far.
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Co-op Food - Modbury
Broad StreetA more local supermarket than the bigger ones in Kingsbridge, Modbury's CoOp has most grocery essentials, fruit & veg, and bakery items - worth the trip if Kingsbridge is a drive too far.
Post Office and General Store in St Ann's Chapel (opposite The Pickwick Inn) - supplies a wide range of groceries, great cheeses, meats, olives, a gluten free section, milk alternatives, veggie food and a decent gin selection! 10 minute drive from the cottage.
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Holywell Stores
Post Office and General Store in St Ann's Chapel (opposite The Pickwick Inn) - supplies a wide range of groceries, great cheeses, meats, olives, a gluten free section, milk alternatives, veggie food and a decent gin selection! 10 minute drive from the cottage.
Located in Kingsbridge, it's also handy for accessing the high street (Fore St) before doing your grocery shopping
Tesco
Cookworthy RoadLocated in Kingsbridge, it's also handy for accessing the high street (Fore St) before doing your grocery shopping
Getting Around
Nearest train station - you'll need to organise a taxi if coming by train as our cottage is best accessed by car.
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Ivybridge
Nearest train station - you'll need to organise a taxi if coming by train as our cottage is best accessed by car.
Entertainment & Activities
Our kids love this quirky, family run zoo on the edge of Dartmoor - it has animal welfare and environmentalism at its heart and is a great day out for all the family, come rain or shine.
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Dartmoor Zoo
Our kids love this quirky, family run zoo on the edge of Dartmoor - it has animal welfare and environmentalism at its heart and is a great day out for all the family, come rain or shine.
Devon Railway Centre
Steam train rides - great fun for young and old!
Two locations - one right opposite in the caravan park, where you can book surf lessons or hire wetsuits, SUPs, and surf boards; the second is the main base in Bigbury on Sea lower car park from where lessons depart.
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Discovery Surf School
Two locations - one right opposite in the caravan park, where you can book surf lessons or hire wetsuits, SUPs, and surf boards; the second is the main base in Bigbury on Sea lower car park from where lessons depart.
A two-screen old cinema in Kingsbridge - advised to book in advance during school holidays, it's a great rainy-day activity for the kids.
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Kings Cinema Kingsbridge
Fore StreetA two-screen old cinema in Kingsbridge - advised to book in advance during school holidays, it's a great rainy-day activity for the kids.