🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16CastleGardens
What’s there
- Limited parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Limited pay and display parking about 64 metres away, cars only, not managed by English Heritage (per English Heritage facilities page).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Totnes Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle on a hilltop above the town of Totnes in South Devon. Children can climb the steep mound and the steps up to the stone shell keep, then walk the wall-walk to look out through the battlements. From the top there are open views over the rooftops, the River Dart and the moors beyond. The inner bailey is grassy and wooded, with picnic tables under mature trees, so it works well as a stop for a packed lunch and a run around. Families can also follow the moat walk and a World Builder trail set by the operator. Parts of the site are steep and there are steps, so it suits children who are comfortable on uneven ground. The site is outdoors and the castle is managed by English Heritage, with a small shop and soft drinks at the ticket office.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Snack pot
- Toddler reins
- Pram rain cover
- Pushchair buggy board
- Tablet headrest mountFor the long way home, not the day itself.
- Travel thermometer
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