Beer is an ideal base to explore the heart of Devon:visit Exeter, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Torbay and the Dart Valley and east into Dorset to Thomas Hardy country and the World Heritage Jurassic Coast.  You will find information on many of the activities and attractions in the surrounding area in the Bakery Cottage Information Folder, some of which are listed below.

Activities:

• Golf: Sidmouth (01395 513451), Lyme Regis (01297 442043), Honiton (01404 44422), Thorne Park Family Golf Centre,  Salcombe Regis (01395 579564).
• Sea Fishing: Lyme Regis, Bookings on the following numbers: 01297 445753/443815/442397.
• Course & Trout Fishing:  Lower Buckland Trout Fisher, Musbury Tel: 01297 552861

Gardens, Houses & Attractions:

Sidmouth

• Otterton Mill, Otterton, near Sidmouth.  Tel: 01395 68521
• Sand House and Gardens, Sidbury near Sidmouth.  Tel: 01395 597230
• Donkey Sanctury, near Sidmouth.  Tel: 01395 578222

Ottery St. Mary

• Cadhay Manor, Ottery St. Mary.  Tel: 01404 812432
• Escot, Ottery St. Mary.  Tel: 01404 822188

Budleigh, Exmouth, Exeter

• Bicton Park and Gardens, East Budleigh.  Tel: 01395 68889
• Bicton Farm Tour, near Budleigh Salterton. Tel: 01395 562409
• Killerton House (NT), Broadclyst near Exeter.  Tel: 01392 881345
• A La Ronde, Exmouth (NT). Tel: 01395 265514
• Crealy Theme Park

Axminster, Honiton, Chard

• Wylmington House Gardens near Honiton.  Tel: 01404 83751
• Shute barton, between Cloyton and Axminster.  Tel: 01297 34692
• Ford Abbey and Gardens near Chard.  Tel: 01460 221290
• Cricket St. Thomas Wild Life Park, near Chard. Tell: 01460 30111

Dorset Heritage Coast

• Marine Aquarium, The Cobb, Lyme Regis.  Tel: 01297 44367
• Swannery, Abbotsbury.  Tel: 01305 871858
• Abbotsbury Sub Tropical Gardens, between Bridport and Weymouth.  Tel: 01305 871387

For further information about the Beer and the South West go to useful links