TORQUAY DEVON | Full tour of the seaside holiday town of Torquay

TORQUAY DEVON | Full tour of the seaside holiday town of Torquay
We love a visit to Torquay. It's one of our favourite travel and tourism destinations in the UK.
With great beaches, a fantastic harbour and stunning scenery, you can have a great trip here and have a great time. We take a walking tour along the beach and seafront to show you how great it is.
Torquay is a popular seaside town located on the English Riviera in Devon, England. Known for its beautiful coastline, mild climate, and various attractions, Torquay offers a mix of natural beauty, cultural experiences, and recreational activities. As of my last update in September 2021, here are some of the main attractions in Torquay:
Torquay Harbour: The bustling harbor is a central attraction, offering stunning views, boats, and a variety of shops, cafes, and restaurants along the waterfront.
Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves: These ancient limestone caves are a popular attraction, offering guided tours that delve into the history and geology of the area.
Babbacombe Model Village: This miniature village showcases intricately detailed models of famous landmarks and buildings, set within beautifully landscaped gardens.
Living Coasts: A coastal zoo and aquarium that focuses on marine life. It's a great place to learn about and observe various sea creatures.
Princess Theatre: This historic theater hosts a variety of performances, including plays, musicals, comedy shows, and live music.
Cockington Country Park: A charming park with picturesque thatched cottages, craft studios, tea rooms, and peaceful gardens. It's a great place for leisurely walks.
Babbacombe Cliff Railway: This funicular railway offers stunning views as it takes you down the cliffs to Oddicombe Beach.
Torre Abbey: A historic building that houses an art gallery, museum, and beautiful gardens. The abbey has a rich history dating back to the 12th century.
Beaches: Torquay boasts several sandy beaches, including Torre Abbey Sands and Meadfoot Beach, where visitors can relax, swim, and enjoy water sports.
Torquay Museum: This museum features exhibits on local history, natural history, and archaeology, including artifacts from the area's past.
South West Coast Path: For nature enthusiasts and hikers, the South West Coast Path offers stunning walks along the coastline, providing breathtaking views.
Waves Leisure Pool: A family-friendly water park with indoor pools, slides, and play areas, ideal for a day of fun with children.
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[@CouncilOfWolves]

Torquay looks beautiful. I've never visited it and it's not as I imagined, it's much more.

[@jasonorourke1787]

It’s a dump. I live there. It’s full of druggies and boarded up shops and drunks fighting in the street. You are deluded!

[@paulcini5849]

Happy memories of family holidays around Torbay

[@mbingham10]

Well, I took my family to Torquay for the day last week 29th October 2023, I hadn’t been there since 1984, where I spent a weekend with my mates in a magical place, it was quite a cosmopolitan place then wealthy and vibrant with a lovely shopping centre and bars, so I had sold this place to my wife and son with his partner and our grandson who had never been before, the reality of our visit was far removed my my visit 20 years prior, it was full of what can only be described as junkies, the shops were all boarded up or charity shops run down town centre and everyone looked like they didn’t have two pennies to rub together, what a shame we kept getting approached by junky beggars glad it was only for a day, we will never go Back its a dump.

[@jaquelinerennoldson2239]

Very good and interesting. Been a few times now going back in May for a few days love Torquay xx😊

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Have fun!

[@elainehowell2836]

Nice place to stay and walk round and visit and see what you can do and very busy for holidays people and the sea is wonderful and the seagulls are very quiet thanks Neil

[@john-td7wc]

There is something so relaxing ,calming & peaceful about these seaside towns, The waves, the breeze & sound of seagulls. I wish I could move to England today, I'm living in the hot & humid south in America

[@InsulinAddict114]

I live here in Torquay and believe me when I say this the harbour at the bottom of town is peaceful. However if you walk into town in the evening prepare for homeless, druggies, drunks to bother you or even get aggressive for no reason. Just be careful.

[@jugurthanumidian4738]

Any beach at all ?thx

[@nigelheath7048]

@@jugurthanumidian4738 Loads

[@Kratos-005]

I’m from England, and I cant stand hot and humid weather either. The thing is, we don’t have any air conditioning in our homes here, only very few do. And our homes are designed to keep the heat in, because of our long and cold winters. Which makes them especially hot in the summer. I don’t think you will be able to bear it here either in the summer. It gets exceedingly hot in homes and buildings, sleeping at night is also a nightmare with no air con in the summer.

[@tomsmith3610]

@@InsulinAddict114 same

[@morfuddkeidel4996]

Due to go on holiday next week in Torquay thanks for the tour.

[@HelloWorld-fy1px]

Thank you for sharing a wonderful video from one of our best-loved seaside towns.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you too!

[@jacobfield4848]

Looks a beautiful place.

[@critch1901]

Should walk into the town. Show all the empty shops and drug addicts. Crime is high in Torquay. Go to Leigh on Sea for your break.

[@elainehardy660]

Love Torquay lots of people there for January and lovely weather x 11

[@ashleybishton742]

First time for me going. Amazing place.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yeh fab place!

[@sarribel]

Splendid ❤

[@ianmeyer2652]

Thanks for the great video...torquay looks great. Its the uks 7th most popular seaside resort!

[@flakitacisneros1461]

Torquay is so beautiful!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Agreed

[@MyFire4U]

I visited Torquay a couple of times in the sixties with my parents and went to see a few shows. I remember more the walk down through the park. We also visited Paignton (could have been a Pontins holiday camp near there).

[@philpedlow]

This was very interesting, very enjoyable to see. My interest stems from the fact i spent family holidays in my early teen years several years in succession way back in the early to mid 70's and I've always had an affection for Torquay, Torbay in general ever since, it has had a lasting 'good feel' about it always which has stayed with me. We stayed in Babbacombe to be precise on those summer trips and it's been my wish to one day revisit the area to see how it looks nowadays. Parents are no longer with me of course but i have finally booked to go there end of March to retrace those fabulous childhood memories albeit if the place doesnt quite look it does nowadays as it does back then to in my mind's eye, but there again nothing does, including myself! :) So your video was very revealing ahead of my nostalgic journey, thank you for it and I am looking forward to finally getting back there. Perhaps i will follow up this message after i do. Very well done.

[@eathan323]

Lovely place to stay used to go there often back in the day we saw jim Davidson at the Princess theatre and visit the babbacombe theatre then down to cockington on the horse and trap nice meal and drinks in the garden there loved Brixham especially the fish and chips right near the golden hind and the steakhouse in the town was awesome really enjoyed ourselves do visit now and then its all lovely in that area Was that bird a cormorant pleased you liked it to My first experience of a seagull Dive bombing me and messing on me

[@gamwam]

Love Torquay - Shame you missed out the town centre and fleet walk - would have been good to see what’s changed since I was down there

[@cannyexplorer5357]

Be glad he did not.

[@Newsthink]

Love the video, beautiful footage. I'm working on a video this week about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and will be mentioning Torquay. Would you mind if I used a few seconds of your footage? I'm happy to credit you on-screen (though I see you do have the watermark already) and can link to your video in my description. Thank you, Cindy

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Hey Cindy, Absolutely! Let me know when it's published and I"ll help share it!

[@Newsthink]

@@GimbalWalkTV Thank you!

[@patrickknowles7685]

Beautiful place Many a happy holiday there with my late wife, she said I will never come back here again, she was right bloody cancer see to that,

[@pagrant]

And the service is the hotel was probably better than fictional Fawlty Towers

[@dilipkumarmishra6530]

❤RAMA❤ RAMA🎉 GOOD EVENING

[@simaosoares165]

The bird at 23:27 looks like a Cormorant. Not entirely sure though. There are plenty of them in the town I come from in Portugal. By the way, the town I am talking about is called Tomar, and it's beautiful. Worth a gimbal walk there maybe :)

[@jeffmorrison9818]

Really enjoying your videos, is the bird a cormorant? Looks like it to me.

[@carlheald9228]

TheQuay nightclub was the 400 club. Some scenes in the Quadraphenia film were shot there.

[@jean2474]

Hi I love your channel nice way of seeing your country. I am from South Africa and love touring your country walking wi5h you. It is very relaxing. I Ave Aut8sm and your channel help me very much thank you. Love 😍

[@Morgan5757]

The black and white birds are called Cormorants

[@Barch7]

when was this video shot looks winter and covid times

[@Mark-ww9sb]

It does look like a place I would like to visit. I read some disturbing things about dramatically reduced visitor numbers and shop/hotel closures this year. When did you shoot the video? It was posted two weeks ago, ie August, but everyone's wearing coats. I now live in South West France but love places like this in the UK. Torquay seems to be one of the very best.

[@havana2banana]

Going to Torquay next month. Looking forward to it. Do you ever go to Fife in Scotland? It's where I live, not too far away from Edinburgh. There is a long Costal Path to walk.

[@carlheald9228]

Just up park lane by the clocktower is a really old pub. The Hole in the Wall. 1542. Worth a visit. The restaurant is very good. The town centre isn't worth visiting. Generic shops you find everywhere. Babbacombe is a good area to visit as is Cockington. Enjoy 😊

[@havana2banana]

@@carlheald9228 Thank you. That's good yo know about the shops. I'm not a great shopper anyway. Looking forward to some good pub meals.

[@carlheald9228]

@@havana2banana book the Hole in the Wall they get busy. The Kents pub Wellswood and the Divers Arms ( best Sunday lunch)Babbacombe are excellent. We've been going for years as I was once a local. A boat over to Brixam is a great day out too.

[@felicitydeikos5250]

Come to our Torquay beach in Geelong Victoria Australia.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Would love to!

[@simons5193]

It must have been cold. Everybody is wearing heavy thick winter jackets!! It's mid August for God's sake!!

[@deborahhinton926]

I have been to Torquay on three separate occasions and different times of the year. Parts of Torquay are very nice and the Marina is very nice. The people are very friendly and social in the parts I visited The town shopping area is not at its best. I would not say it was the English Rivera, but that’s my personal opinion and there are many people who love and visit here many times. I however would not visit a fourth time. There are other resorts, not to far away to visit too.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Have you been to brixham? Keen to know what you think of Brixham if you’ve been

[@davegriffin7979]

Can you see Faulty Towers?. Lol

[@davethompson247]

Holidayed here in the early eighties when it was it in it's hey-day. Went back last weekend, won't be going back. Very rowdy after 7 -8 o'clock at night, cars racing each other, lots of shops closed down, rubbish everywhere, lots of homeless people, got intimidated by gangs of teenagers. If you like drinking this is the place for you. Lots of bars and 'restaurants'. Shame this vlogger didn't venture into the shopping centre. Shopping mall now half empty

[@GimbalWalkTV]

😮😮😮😮

[@Cornelia0801]

This video never ever was made in August!!!!!!!!!!! It was hot at this time.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

correct

[@user-Russian_Bear]

looks like it was taken just before christmas last year or just after the new year, the christmas tree is up but not dressed, it also says Christmas cheer on the wooden hut.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Bang on@@user-Russian_Bear