Guidebook for Modbury

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Guidebook for Modbury

Food Scene

This very good local gastropub features good food at reasonable prices and excellent beer and wine. Remember to book during the busy summer months. The early diners menu available at lunch times and until 7pm evenings is particularly good value. Excellent kids menu too.
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White Hart Hotel
2 Church St
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This very good local gastropub features good food at reasonable prices and excellent beer and wine. Remember to book during the busy summer months. The early diners menu available at lunch times and until 7pm evenings is particularly good value. Excellent kids menu too.
Great Coffee and cakes. There's also a bakery fresh fruit and veg on sale next door. A great breakfast is served here. Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. (Not open Sundays)
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Lazy Cow
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Great Coffee and cakes. There's also a bakery fresh fruit and veg on sale next door. A great breakfast is served here. Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. (Not open Sundays)
A hidden gem, this little bistro in Plymouth has a great menu.
The Notte
2 St Andrew St
A hidden gem, this little bistro in Plymouth has a great menu.
This pub does everything and is open in the summer from coffee and croissant at 10.30am, through lunch to evening meals including pizza cooked in their wood fired pizza oven. A good selection of beers is served at this waterside pub. There's lots to do, kids can catch crabs and adults can try stand up paddle boarding.
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The Crabshell Inn
Embankment Road
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This pub does everything and is open in the summer from coffee and croissant at 10.30am, through lunch to evening meals including pizza cooked in their wood fired pizza oven. A good selection of beers is served at this waterside pub. There's lots to do, kids can catch crabs and adults can try stand up paddle boarding.
A modern yet quaint pub, the Pickwick serves an Italian menu featuring great pizzas and more. Located in St Ann's Chapel on the B3392 between Modbury and Bigbury, be sure to book as this place gets busy during the summer months.
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The Pickwick Inn
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A modern yet quaint pub, the Pickwick serves an Italian menu featuring great pizzas and more. Located in St Ann's Chapel on the B3392 between Modbury and Bigbury, be sure to book as this place gets busy during the summer months.
This quirky yet quaint bistro on Modbury's main street serves a selection of good food in a unique atmosphere. A particular favourite is Bangers and Mash Nights which take place every Wednesday.
Bistro 35
35 Church St
This quirky yet quaint bistro on Modbury's main street serves a selection of good food in a unique atmosphere. A particular favourite is Bangers and Mash Nights which take place every Wednesday.
Simply the best Indian restaurant for miles around. Excellent service and great food. Also good for a take-away.
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Maha-Bharat Indian Restaurant
7 Mill St
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Simply the best Indian restaurant for miles around. Excellent service and great food. Also good for a take-away.
Your nearest Indian take-away and restaurant is within easy walking distance.
The Royal Gurkha Spice
9 Broad St
Your nearest Indian take-away and restaurant is within easy walking distance.
A great café and pre-owned clothes shop combined.
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The Old Bakery
Promenade
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A great café and pre-owned clothes shop combined.
Excellent family-friendly fish and chips in Plymouth run by acclaimed TV chefs Mitch Tonks and Matt Prowse. There are sister restaurants in Dartmouth, Torquay and Brixham too.
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Rockfish
8 South Embankment
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Excellent family-friendly fish and chips in Plymouth run by acclaimed TV chefs Mitch Tonks and Matt Prowse. There are sister restaurants in Dartmouth, Torquay and Brixham too.

Parks & Nature

Bigbury is the main tourist beach and has a range of facilities including Venus Café and public toilets. RNLI lifeguards are on duty during the summer months. There is a large pay and display car park. At low tide you can walk across to Burgh Island and the Pilchard Inn. Be warned that there is no mobile phone reception on any network at Bigbury-on-Sea. Some areas of the beach have dog restrictions May to September.
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Bigbury-on-Sea
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Bigbury is the main tourist beach and has a range of facilities including Venus Café and public toilets. RNLI lifeguards are on duty during the summer months. There is a large pay and display car park. At low tide you can walk across to Burgh Island and the Pilchard Inn. Be warned that there is no mobile phone reception on any network at Bigbury-on-Sea. Some areas of the beach have dog restrictions May to September.
Truly the best local beach if you want to get away from the crowds. It's best to come here at low tides when the beach is vast. There is no car park or toilets here and you just have to park on the narrow approach road to the beach and walk, but it's truly a stunning beach. Dogs are welcome on this beach all year round.
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Wonwell
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Truly the best local beach if you want to get away from the crowds. It's best to come here at low tides when the beach is vast. There is no car park or toilets here and you just have to park on the narrow approach road to the beach and walk, but it's truly a stunning beach. Dogs are welcome on this beach all year round.
The nearest part of Dartmoor and only a few minutes' drive away. You can see it clearly out the rear window of the twin bedroom. When you get there you will find it empty of people, even in the summer season. Climb to the top for a 360 degree view.
Western Beacon
The nearest part of Dartmoor and only a few minutes' drive away. You can see it clearly out the rear window of the twin bedroom. When you get there you will find it empty of people, even in the summer season. Climb to the top for a 360 degree view.
The most accessible Tor. Great to climb and stunning views.
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Haytor Rocks
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The most accessible Tor. Great to climb and stunning views.

Essentials

For all those essential items the Co-op is open until 10pm daily. It's just a short walk away.
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Co-op Food - Modbury
Broad Street
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For all those essential items the Co-op is open until 10pm daily. It's just a short walk away.
This hardware store sells everything including wet suits, wellies, buckets and spades, toys and games and every household item you can imagine. It even does dry cleaning. It's very much the communications centre for the town so if you want something then ask here.
Pickles
2 Broad St
This hardware store sells everything including wet suits, wellies, buckets and spades, toys and games and every household item you can imagine. It even does dry cleaning. It's very much the communications centre for the town so if you want something then ask here.
This local butchers shop is open Monday to Saturday and has an excellent supply of meat and other local produce.
Aune Valley Meats
6 Church St
This local butchers shop is open Monday to Saturday and has an excellent supply of meat and other local produce.

Drinks & Nightlife

The beautiful 400 year old pub serves great beer and hearty pub grub. The nearest pub to our property you can access the pub through the pub garden from Back Street.
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The Exeter Inn
32 Church St
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The beautiful 400 year old pub serves great beer and hearty pub grub. The nearest pub to our property you can access the pub through the pub garden from Back Street.
One of Modbury's three pubs, the Modbury Inn does good value pub food and excellent beer. A pub quiz takes place every Sunday at 8.30pm.
The Modbury Inn
Brownston Street
One of Modbury's three pubs, the Modbury Inn does good value pub food and excellent beer. A pub quiz takes place every Sunday at 8.30pm.
The Barbican Theatre with its quirky B-Bar is a great destination to try for a night out. Comedy, live music or salsa dancing most nights of the week with a fabulous very reasonably-priced Thai noodle bar.
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Barbican Theatre
Castle Street
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The Barbican Theatre with its quirky B-Bar is a great destination to try for a night out. Comedy, live music or salsa dancing most nights of the week with a fabulous very reasonably-priced Thai noodle bar.

Arts & Culture

A great place to visit in Plymouth some ten miles away. Royal William Yard is an old Royal Navy Supply depot that has been turned into a range of shops, galleries, and nightlife. You can drive there or take a boat round from the barbican. A lovely atmosphere both day and night.
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Real William Yard
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A great place to visit in Plymouth some ten miles away. Royal William Yard is an old Royal Navy Supply depot that has been turned into a range of shops, galleries, and nightlife. You can drive there or take a boat round from the barbican. A lovely atmosphere both day and night.
The largest theatre in the South West features great tours from the West End and home-grown local theatre too.
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Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade
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The largest theatre in the South West features great tours from the West End and home-grown local theatre too.

Shopping

The Riverford brand is quite famous now across the UK but remember that it started here in Devon. Stop here for organic vegetables and more.
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Ben's Farm Shop
Staverton
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The Riverford brand is quite famous now across the UK but remember that it started here in Devon. Stop here for organic vegetables and more.
If you need a large shopping mall then Drake Circus is the nearest and most accessible.
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Drake Circus
Drake Circus
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If you need a large shopping mall then Drake Circus is the nearest and most accessible.
Exeter's premier shopping district for high street brand shops.
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Princesshay
9 Catherine Street
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Exeter's premier shopping district for high street brand shops.

Entertainment & Activities

This preserved steam railway runs everyday through the summer holiday and at weekends the rest of the year. Step back in time for a taste of GWR past.
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Estación de ferrocarril de South Devon
Dartbridge Road
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This preserved steam railway runs everyday through the summer holiday and at weekends the rest of the year. Step back in time for a taste of GWR past.
The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth is perfect for the kids on a rainy day. Check out the excellent Rockfish fish and chip restaurant next door.
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Acuario Marino Nacional
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The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth is perfect for the kids on a rainy day. Check out the excellent Rockfish fish and chip restaurant next door.
The story of this small zoo is featured in the movie "We Bought a Zoo". Try a combined entrance ticket with the National Marine Aquarium.
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Zoológico de Dartmoor
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The story of this small zoo is featured in the movie "We Bought a Zoo". Try a combined entrance ticket with the National Marine Aquarium.
Probably the best zoo in the country. Set in extensive parkland yet in the middle of the town. Try a combined entry ticket with Living Coasts.
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Zoo de Paignton
Totnes Road
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Probably the best zoo in the country. Set in extensive parkland yet in the middle of the town. Try a combined entry ticket with Living Coasts.
Featuring sea life and penguins, this arm of Paignton Zoo is great for kids. Try a combined entrance ticket with Paignton Zoo.
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Living Coasts
1 Beacon Hill
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Featuring sea life and penguins, this arm of Paignton Zoo is great for kids. Try a combined entrance ticket with Paignton Zoo.