D-Day Weekend 70th Anniversary on Devon’s English Riviera – a spectacular weekend of events and exhibitions will be held at Torquay’s Beacon Quay and Princess Gardens to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. There will also be a commemorative mass flotilla with Royal Navy escort on Sunday 8th June. The two concrete slipways at Beacon [...]
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Adding a whole new dimension to the sparkle of the English Riviera’s summer season this year, is the brand-new Fringe Festival that hits the Bay in July. Billed as the ‘Edinburgh Festival of the South,’ the new festival will bring the best established and emerging talent to the beautiful English Riviera. Some of the country’s [...]
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Pirates, Motorbike Stunts, Foodie Delights & Fast Boats as Devon’s English Riviera Celebrates the May Bank Holidays - The English Riviera is expecting bumper Bank Holiday weekends in May with a big programme of events designed to create an explosion of family fun on South Devon’s Beautiful Bay. Early May Bank Holiday: Brixham Pirate Festival, 3 – [...]
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Easter Bunny to Dive with the penguins at Torquay’s Living Coasts. On Saturday 12th April the Easter Bunny will scuba dive with the penguins at Torquay’s coastal zoo. Visitors could win prizes in a unique game of pebble bingo. Meanwhile, the penguins will receive their own Easter treats in the form of fish. Living Coasts’ [...]
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With a wide range of family friendly attractions including the famous Paignton to Dartmouth Steam Train, a superb coastal location and an exciting programme of events, South Devon’s English Riviera is the perfect place for the Easter holidays. The whole area is a UNESCO-recognized Global Geopark. Babbacombe Model Village Easter Egg Hunt 5 April – [...]
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Devon’s spectacular English Riviera is a great place to visit and there is lots happening during the popular February half term break. Please see below for a list of events and attractions plus the latest travel update. Please also see the official destination website www.englishriviera.co.uk Monday 17th February Fantastic Fish Living Coasts, Beacon Quay, Torquay, [...]
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The English Riviera is very much open for business with all road and air links operating normally and contingency plans in place for rail travellers. The English Riviera’s beautiful sheltered bay means we escaped much of the worst effects of the recent bad weather and we now have some great offers to tempt visitors to [...]
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Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is celebrating a second orang utan birth in 7 months. Bornean orang utan Chinta gave birth on Sunday 22nd December. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park Director of Operations and Curator of Mammals Neil Bemment said: “You wait 16 years and then two babies come along in nine months!” One of the Zoo’s other females, [...]
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The first yachting regatta in the country to gain royal patronage is celebrating its 200th Anniversary from 24 – 28 August 2013 and an historic sailpast with a flotilla of all craft on the water will be held at 12 noon on August 17. Torbay Royal Regatta on Devon’s English Riviera has a tradition as old as [...]
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A life-size penguin cake has been made to mark a South Devon conservation charity’s tenth birthday. The special cake, in the shape of a macaroni penguin, celebrates the first decade of Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium. This feat of culinary engineering is a 7-tier reinforced fruit cake smothered in marzipan and icing. It [...]
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