Torbay
Torbay is a unitary authority with a borough status in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is governed by Torbay Council, based in the town of Torquay, and also includes the towns of Paignton and Brixham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: unitary authority area in England with 134,000 residents
- Description: borough in Devon, England
- Also known as: “County Borough of Torbay” and “English Riviera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torre Abbey and Paignton railway station.
Torre Abbey
Photo: Jazzamedeo, Public domain.
Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall.
Paignton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ianmacm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paignton railway station serves the town and seaside resort of Paignton in Devon, England. It is 222 miles 12 chains from London Paddington, via Box. It opened in 1859 and is now the terminus of Riviera Line services from Exeter and heritage services on the Dartmouth Steam Railway from Kingswear.
Torquay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torquay railway station is on the Riviera Line and serves the seaside resort of Torquay, Devon, England. It is 219 miles 79 chains from London Paddington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torquay and Paignton.
Torquay
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
Paignton
Paignton is a seaside town in the Torbay area of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. The town, which has a history as a fishing village but is also on the railway line, is home to the well-known Paignton Zoo.
Cockington
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockington is a village near Torquay, in the Torbay district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Cockington with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021.
Torbay
- Categories: borough in the United Kingdom and county borough
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Torbay” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Торбэй”
- Bengali: “টরবে”
- Bengali: “তেবে”
- Breton: “Torbay”
- Bulgarian: “Торбей”
- Cebuano: “Borough of Torbay”
- Chinese: “Torbay”
- Chinese: “托貝”
- Chinese: “托贝”
- Chinese: “拓尔比”
- Chinese: “拓爾比”
- Czech: “Torbay”
- Dutch: “Torbay”
- Esperanto: “Torbay”
- Estonian: “Torbay”
- French: “Torbay”
- German: “Englische Riviera”
- German: “GB-TOB”
- German: “Torbay”
- Gujarati: “ટોર્બે”
- Hebrew: “טורביי”
- Irish: “Torbay”
- Italian: “Torbay”
- Japanese: “トーベイ”
- Kannada: “ಟೊರ್ಬೇ”
- Korean: “토베이”
- Latin: “Torbay”
- Latvian: “Torbeja”
- Lithuanian: “Torbajus”
- Luxembourgish: “Torbay”
- Macedonian: “Торбеј”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Torbay”
- Northern Frisian: “Torbay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torbay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torbay”
- Norwegian: “Torbay”
- Persian: “توربی”
- Polish: “Torbay”
- Portuguese: “Torbay”
- Romanian: “Torbay”
- Russian: “Торбей”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Torbay”
- Slovak: “Torbay”
- Slovenian: “Angleška riviera”
- Slovenian: “English Riviera”
- Slovenian: “GB-TOB”
- Slovenian: “Torbay”
- Spanish: “Torbay”
- Swedish: “Torbay”
- Tajik: “Торбей”
- Tamil: “டார்பாய்”
- Tamil: “டோர்பாய்”
- Telugu: “టొర్బాయ్”
- Telugu: “టోర్బే”
- Ukrainian: “Торбей”
- Urdu: “ٹوربے”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Torbay”
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