🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16GardensEducational☔ Rainy-day friendly
What’s there
- Café on site
- Limited parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
No parking in the grounds. Three Blue Badge spaces near the main entrance and a drop-off point for small vehicles (11am–5pm). Nearest public car park is Torre Valley, a short walk away.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Torre Abbey is a medieval abbey founded in 1196 and now run as a museum and art gallery by Torbay Council. Inside, families can see medieval and Georgian rooms, a large art collection and a changing programme of exhibitions that mixes international shows with work by local and emerging artists. The site runs family activities and trails through the year, and it is a popular place for school groups. The grounds include formal gardens, a medieval garden, a walled garden and a Victorian palm house, so there is room to wander between indoor rooms. A café serves light meals and treats. The museum is a good choice for a rainy afternoon, and younger visitors can use buggies on the main route. Lifts reach the floors of the main building.
Lift out of service at time of reading (venue notice). Burne-Jones Gallery temporarily relocated, with reopening stated as 1 December (year not given). Check before travelling.
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.
- Bubble wandSettles a meltdown faster than anything in the café.
- Sun cream for after
- Spare batteries
- Tissues
- Cool bag
- Bum bag
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