Torre
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Torquay, in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Torre, Torquay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torre railway station and Torre Abbey.
Torre railway station
Railway station
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Torre railway station serves the northern part of the town of Torquay, in Devon, England. It is on the Riviera Line, 219 miles 12 chains from London Paddington, via Box.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelston and Cockington.
Chelston
Suburb
Photo: Paul Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area.
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. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about two miles from the centre of Torquay.
Shiphay
Suburb
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shiphay is a district in the north of Torquay. It has a population of about 6,000 and is the location of two grammar schools, three primary schools, the District Hospital, many fields, and Torquay’s fire station.
Torre
- Category: locality
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.46963° or 50° 28′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.54368° or 3° 32′ 37″ westElevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9C2RFF94+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 336311229OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13266100Wikidata ID
Q116730755
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