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7Things to do
Visit a museum And there’s an excellent choice of museums around South Devon.
Find out all about the South Hams farming heritage at Kingsbridge’s Cookworthy Museum in the town’s old grammar school building on Fore Street. This summer season there’s a new exhibition ‘All the Fun of the Fair’, with a huge collection of photographs documenting Kingsbridge Fair over the years. Dartmouth’s maritime history is beautifully illustrated with a visit to Dartmouth Museum on The Butterwalk, in an at- mospheric old merchant’s house. Torquay’s Dinosaur World is a great attraction in Torbay, with hands-on exhibitions of life-sized dinosaurs, fossils, a craft room and places to take fun photos in a dinosaur environment. And Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) is a real county gem, with thousands of artifacts from across the globe and worlds of zoology, anthropology, fine art and geology. This year there are tours on Roman Devon, local history and the ancient Egyptians. For more details see
www.rammuseum.org.uk
Dartmouth Museum
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum
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Check out events at the local library Local libraries are about much more than borrowing
books nowadays. They have a regular timetable of clubs for children and adults and, during the school holidays, run many events that are free or by donation to attend. Dartmouth Library at The Flavel is a delightful place to spend a few hours. Regular clubs include Lego for children and stitching for adults and they also run many events throughout the summer. Kingsbridge Library runs regular raspberry pi computer clubs, French classes for young children, craft and puzzle groups and storyteller events. They also provide a very friendly hot drink service by donation. Salcombe Library must have one of the best views from a library in the world, second only to Sydney Harbour Library. Located at Cliff House, a popular wedding venue, the estuary views are hugely enhanced by strategically placed comfy chairs in the bay windows. Check
www.devonlibraries.org.uk for up to date listings of events and opening times.
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Head underground Take a visit to Kent’s Cavern or Exeter’s under- ground passages. The cave system at Kent’s Cavern
in Torquay is one of the best show caves in Britain and one of the most important Stone Age sites in Europe. It’s been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957. And it’s fascinating to be surrounded by 400 million year old rocks and spectacular stalagmites and stalactites. Visits are with tour guides that can only be booked in advance for large groups and the hour-long tours run throughout the day. The guides bring the caves to life when they were home to ancient humans. For a slightly more modern look at life underground, the medieval subterranean passages running underneath Exeter’s city centre are also fascinating. Exeter’s Underground Passages were vaulted to repair the pipes bringing water from natural springs outside the walled city. Visitors, donning safety helmets, are guided down these vaulted passages. Tours last around an hour and advance booking is neces- sary during school holidays. During summer the passages are open all day Monday to Sunday. To book call 01392 665887 or email
underground.passages@
exeter.gov.uk
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