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Torquay

Torquay is a town on the coast of the region of . Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
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  • Type: Town with 65,400 residents
  • Description: town in Devon, England
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kents Cavern and Plainmoor.

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is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features. The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957.

Stadium
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is an association football stadium located in the suburb of Torquay, , England. Since 1921, the stadium has been the home of Torquay United Football Club, who currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football.

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is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the . 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 Paignton and Cockington.

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is a seaside town in the area of the region of . The town, which has a history as a fishing village but is also on the railway line, is home to the well-known Zoo.

Suburb
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is a village near Torquay, in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021.

Suburb
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is an area of Torquay, in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is one of the oldest settlements in South Devon.

Torquay

Latitude
50.4652° or 50° 27′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.5211° or 3° 31′ 16″ west
Population
65,400
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TOR
Open location code
9C2RFF8H+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18019905
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2635650
Wiki­data ID
Q209055
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Torquay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Torquay”
  • Arabic: “توركاي”
  • Armenian: “Տորկի”
  • Asturian: “Torquay”
  • Azerbaijani: “Torki”
  • Basque: “Torquay”
  • Belarusian: “Торкі”
  • Bulgarian: “Торки”
  • Catalan: “Torquay”
  • Cebuano: “Torquay”
  • Chinese: “德文郡”
  • Chinese: “托基”
  • Czech: “Torquay”
  • Danish: “Torquay”
  • Dutch: “Torquay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “توركاى”
  • Esperanto: “Torquay”
  • Estonian: “Torquay”
  • Finnish: “Torquay”
  • French: “Torquay”
  • Georgian: “ტორკი”
  • German: “Torquay”
  • Greek: “Τορκί”
  • Hebrew: “טורקי (אנגליה)”
  • Hebrew: “טורקי”
  • Hindi: “टोरकी”
  • Icelandic: “Torquay”
  • Inari Sami: “Torquay”
  • Indonesian: “Torquay, Inggris”
  • Indonesian: “Torquay”
  • Interlingue: “Torquay”
  • Irish: “Torquay”
  • Italian: “Torquay”
  • Japanese: “トーキー”
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: “Torquay”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Torki (Angliya)”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Torki”
  • Korean: “토키”
  • Ladin: “Torquay”
  • Latin: “Torcaium”
  • Latin: “Torquay”
  • Latvian: “Torkī”
  • Lithuanian: “Torbis”
  • Lithuanian: “Torki”
  • Lithuanian: “Torkis”
  • Lithuanian: “Torquay”
  • Lule Sami: “Torquay”
  • Macedonian: “Торки”
  • Malagasy: “Torquay”
  • Marathi: “टोरकी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Torquay”
  • Northern Sami: “Torquay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torquay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torquay”
  • Norwegian: “Torquay”
  • Persian: “تورکی”
  • Pite Sami: “Torquay”
  • Polish: “Torquay”
  • Portuguese: “Torquay”
  • Romanian: “Torquay”
  • Russian: “Торквей”
  • Russian: “Торки”
  • Serbian: “Torki”
  • Serbian: “Torquay”
  • Serbian: “Торки”
  • Skolt Sami: “Torquay”
  • Slovenian: “Torquay”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورکی”
  • Southern Sami: “Torquay”
  • Spanish: “Torquay”
  • Swedish: “Torquay”
  • Tajik: “Торки”
  • Tajik: “Торкӣ”
  • Thai: “ทอร์คีย์”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Torquay”
  • Turkish: “Torquay”
  • Ukrainian: “Торкі”
  • Ume Sami: “Torquay”
  • Urdu: “ٹرکائے”
  • Urdu: “ٹورکی”
  • Vietnamese: “torqay”
  • Volapük: “Torquay”
  • Welsh: “Torquay”
  • Western Frisian: “Torquay”
  • Yue Chinese: “托基”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Torquay”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.