Tourism News & Updates
- 21st August 2016
With the 4th emergency service called out regularly to issues near our coastlines here’s some tips on how to stay safe on and around our beaches
Visit South Devon is this week launching a new holiday special offers app to help visitors pack a punch with their pound.
- 18th July 2016
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon is a cultured place. Here, gorillas perform Shakespeare for their admiring fans.
English Tourism Week will take place from 5 - 13 March 2016. It's a time to raise awareness of tourism within England, and there certainly is a lot to offer in North Devon alone!
- 13th October 2015
Bringing you the latest from North Devon’s social scene. From glamorous theatre shows and delicious dining experiences to breath-taking beaches and picnics at the park, keep up to date with the latest coastal culture from the Culture Queen.
- 1st October 2015
This tiny new-born is a mandrill, an endangered primate from the rainforests of West Africa. Born at Paignton Zoo on 26th September to parents Marta and Jumanji,
- 3rd August 2015
Devon artists are being set a unique creative challenge – to paint a rhino! “A life-size model rhino makes an extraordinary canvas,” says Paignton Zoo’s Pippa Craddock. “So we’re looking for some extraordinary artists!”
- 30th July 2015
The news that Devon has topped a league table of places to enjoy a long, healthy and safe retirement is good for local charities. The list, compiled by Prudential, used census data and results from the insurer's own retirement research to rank the top 20 counties in England and Wales.
- 28th July 2015
A Devon woodturning club has produced an extraordinary clutch of wooden eggs for bird keepers at Paignton Zoo. Members of the Woodbury Woodturners Club have made 137 eggs, the smallest just a centimetre long, the largest around 20 centimetres.
- 21st July 2015
It’s a lazy summer afternoon, you’re lounging outdoors with your pals and you stand up and happily scratch your belly. It’s a scene repeated in thousands of back gardens across the country every Sunday.