Guidebook for Buckland Monachorum
Food Scene
Super local pub just five minutes from the property. Open for lunch and dinner - great food, reasonably priced.
9 locals recommend
Drake Manor Inn
The VillageSuper local pub just five minutes from the property. Open for lunch and dinner - great food, reasonably priced.
Great British food, fairly pricey in this restaurant run by a young local team. Booking essential.
33 locals recommend
Taylors
22 Market StGreat British food, fairly pricey in this restaurant run by a young local team. Booking essential.
Parks & Nature
Wonderful, picturesque views from Burrator reservoir. Park up and walk round the reservoir - it takes about an hour if you follow the road, but you can treat yourself to an ice cream at the end! Really worthwhile and great family activity.
52 locals recommend
Burrator Reservoir
Wonderful, picturesque views from Burrator reservoir. Park up and walk round the reservoir - it takes about an hour if you follow the road, but you can treat yourself to an ice cream at the end! Really worthwhile and great family activity.
A walk up Sheeps Tor gives fantastic views of the surrounding area, and it's great fun climbing over the granite crops at the top. You need to be relatively fit and active to do this.
6 locals recommend
Sheepstor
A walk up Sheeps Tor gives fantastic views of the surrounding area, and it's great fun climbing over the granite crops at the top. You need to be relatively fit and active to do this.
An exceptional ( and very large! ) garden on the outskirts of Buckland Monachorum. Allow a good few hours to explore properly.
34 locals recommend
The Garden House
Pound RoadAn exceptional ( and very large! ) garden on the outskirts of Buckland Monachorum. Allow a good few hours to explore properly.
Entertainment & Activities
Morwellham Quay is great for a family day out. It's an old tin mining facility which has been transformed into a living museum with period actors and costumes. You can explore how people used to work and live during this time, look at their houses and take a train ride through the tin mine.
53 locals recommend
Morwellham Quay
Morwellham Quay is great for a family day out. It's an old tin mining facility which has been transformed into a living museum with period actors and costumes. You can explore how people used to work and live during this time, look at their houses and take a train ride through the tin mine.
Arts & Culture
Learn about Sir Francis Drake who lived in Buckland Abbey in the 17th century - stunning gardens, a Rembrandt masterpiece and a lovely place to have lunch with the family.
51 locals recommend
Buckland Abbey
Learn about Sir Francis Drake who lived in Buckland Abbey in the 17th century - stunning gardens, a Rembrandt masterpiece and a lovely place to have lunch with the family.
Shopping
Worth checking out the historic Pannier Market in Tavistock - go on a Saturday to get the maximum benefit.
12 locals recommend
Tavistock Pannier Market the Market
Worth checking out the historic Pannier Market in Tavistock - go on a Saturday to get the maximum benefit.
A wide selection of interesting, local food in this delicatessen. Also a restaurant.
6 locals recommend
The Game Larder
A wide selection of interesting, local food in this delicatessen. Also a restaurant.
Drinks & Nightlife
A local bar come nightclub - quite small but if you fancy some dancing with the locals until the small hours, you should enjoy this!
Jack Cham's Lounge Bar Pub
17-18 West StA local bar come nightclub - quite small but if you fancy some dancing with the locals until the small hours, you should enjoy this!
Essentials
Tesco Superstore
Plymouth RoadBig Tesco about a 20 minute drive from the house.
Great local food, open all day Mon-Thu and on Friday mornings. 5 minute drive from the house.
Crapstone Post Office
Great local food, open all day Mon-Thu and on Friday mornings. 5 minute drive from the house.