28 Support your local museum
Museums have been hit hard by enforced closures during the pandemic but they’re all open now and in need of some support. Visitors are free to leisurely wander the exhibits and learn the history and geography of their local areas. Dartmouth Museum pays special attention to the town’s maritime history and has a new Mayflower Room, commemorating the 400th anniversary in 2020 of the Pilgrim Fathers’ world-changing journey across the Atlantic.
www.dartmouthmuseum.org
Discover the history of Kingsbridge and the South Hams at the Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum in the town’s old grammar school. See how residents lived and worked the land, with an impressive collection of agricultural
machinery and tools and artefacts from the early history of the town.
www.kingsbridgemuseum.org.uk
Visit Berry Head National Nature Reserve Brixham’s Berry Head is Torbay’s most important wildlife site. The high cliff area is stuffed with seabird nests, Greater Horseshoe Bats, and rare plants that attract more than 25 species of butterfly. The views are breath-taking and can be enjoyed without breaking too much of a sweat, with flat surface paths suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs. There are also Napoleonic forts, the highest - but shortest - lighthouse in Britain, and a visitor centre with displays about the headland, its wildlife and history. And you can complement your walk with a trip to the Guardhouse Café, for a delicious cream tea or bacon butty. Or take a pew on the terrace of the stunning Berry Head Hotel. For more detailed birding and wildlife walks visit with local bird illustrator and expert Mike Langman – trip details at
www.mikelangman.co.uk
Totnes Museum celebrates the town’s links to the River Dart, its Elizabethan past and homage to computer inventor and local boy Charles Babbage
www.totnesmuseum.org
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM) is now fully open –
www.rammuseum.org.uk - with its world-class displays of Devon and world cultures.
After a long time under wraps, Plymouth’s The Box has been launched in place of the city’s original museum and art gallery. The new £46 million project has completely transformed the old building and surroundings. The museum now hosts aerial displays, six outstanding national collections, more than two million objects - and even a woolly mammoth. There’s a great café and gift shop too.
www.theboxplymouth.com
Have a go at indoor rock climbing
No longer just a sport for extreme mountain folk, indoor rock climbing has really taken off in recent years. With clearly defined colour coded routes all ages and abilities can enjoy the buzz of getting to the top of a wall. Climbing centres now stock all the kit you need so you can just turn up and climb. Exeter Quay Climbing Centre is a huge set-up in the city’s former electricity works station. As well as an array of climbing walls there’s a dedicated novice zone, two bouldering caves and training room. It also has a great café.
www.quayclimbingcentre.co.uk Plymouth hosts one of the national Climbing Hangars. The Hangars are dedicated bouldering centres where the climbs are all rope and harness free, on low walls over huge crash mats.
www.climbinghangar.com The boulder bunker in Torquay is the newest kid on the block and is already gaining huge popularity. Like the Climbing Hangar, it’s all low walls and kit-free climbing. www.
theboulderbunker.com
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