🏠 Indoor & outdoorGardens☔ Rainy-day friendlySeasonal opening
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
Two disabled bays outside the entrance. The adjacent car park is a Torbay Council pay-and-display car park the venue does not control; Torbay offers no concessions there. Cash, card and RingGo accepted at the machine.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Babbacombe Model Village is a large miniature world built into a valley on the English Riviera. Children can wander the gardens along a self-guided path past hundreds of hand-crafted scenes, from medieval castles and Tudor houses to a cricket match on a village green, with plenty of small animated details to spot. A 1/12th scale model railway loops through the middle of the gardens, and a fire-breathing dragon is activated by visitors. Quirky humour runs through the displays, so adults and older children tend to enjoy the puns as much as the younger ones. Some indoor attractions, including a model railway and a fantasy area, offer cover if the weather turns showery. There is a coffee shop at the top of the gardens and crazy golf is included in the admission. Allow two to three hours for a full visit.
Illuminations and evening openings on select dates in summer and at Halloween and Christmas. Christmas scenes run from late November to early January.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Wristband for lost childrenWrite your number on it before you go in.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Frisbee
- Safety pinsStraps break.
- Kitchen roll
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Sun cream for after
- Car boot linerMuddy wellies and a clean boot can coexist.
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