English Riviera

The English Riviera is Torbay: the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham around Tor Bay. About half of Torquay's stays are apartments, several seafront flats have lifts, and Kents Cavern is a prehistoric cave system open all year with guided tours. Paignton has red sand either side of its pier, with Goodrington Sands and Broadsands to the south, and Paignton Zoo is an 80-acre zoo and botanical garden. Brixham is a working fishing port on the south side of Tor Bay, with holiday parks on its edge and Berry Head Nature Reserve, a headland with seabird colonies and the remains of Napoleonic forts. Cockington, about 2 miles west of Torquay, has a 16th-century manor house with craft workshops in its country park.