JUMP RACING FROM OCTOBER - APRIL

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Here at Paint Pots of Devon, our mission is to encourage all people, young and old, to embrace their creative side…

We offer an abundance of activities and events including: near Dartmouth. It features calm swimming and kayak and boogie board hire (there are no lifeguards until June).

Looking for a lively resort atmosphere? The unpretentious resort towns of Torquay, Babbacombe, Paignton and Brixham comprise the self-styled English Riviera, where palm trees and sandy beaches make for something approaching a Mediterranean holiday – British weather permitting.

Round the coast, lovely Salcombe sits on a fractured estuary, its pastel-painted houses, tumbling streets and sandy beaches draws sailors in the hundreds in the summer.

The South Devon Steam Railway will enchant all fans of Thomas the Tank Engine – the gleaming bottle-green trains puff sedately back and forwards between Buckfastleigh and Totnes.

Just north of Plymouth, award-winning Morwellham Quay forms part of a World Heritage Site. You can journey deep into an old copper mine on a narrow-gauge railway, dress up in 19th-century garb and try your hand at rope making. The Victorian Child Labour section may not appeal to your little ones, but it’s certainly educational!

Are the kids fascinated by prehistory? Take them along to the astonishing Kents Cavern in Torquay, where hour-long guided tours take you past stalactites and through the oldest known dwelling in Britain. A 35,000-year-old jawbone found here is thought to be the country’s oldest human bone.

You can get yourself acquainted with underwater life at Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium. The big draw is the Atlantic Ocean tank (the deepest in the United Kingdom), which is home to several species of sharks and rays. Equally captivating are the jellyfish and displays of local marine life.

Crealy Theme Park & Resort in Exeter is home to roller coasters, a log flume, a junior driving school and Animal Land – a small zoo where you encounter creepy crawlies, wallabies, emus and a host of farmyard animals.

South Devon may be famed for its natural beauty but it’s rich in culture too. You’ll find everything from fabulous museums to country houses steeped in history.

Lovely Buckfast Abbey makes for a fascinating visit. It’s an active and self-supporting Benedictine community which has garnered some infamy for its fortified tonic wine!