Living Coasts
Among the sights of Torquay is Living Coasts, a zoo. Another 10 places to visit lie within 5 km. Our list goes on with Kents Cavern, 1.9 km away.
Zoo in Torquay
Inside Torquay
Living Coasts is inside Torquay’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
June to September are the warmest in Torquay, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C.
Living Coasts
It is written up in 4 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Zoo
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Torquay
- Official site
- livingcoasts.org.uk
Map of Living Coasts and nearby
On this map, Living Coasts is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Torquay’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Largest of the 7 is Paignton, home to 67,509. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Torquay
Paignton
Marldon
Kingskerswell
Compare the 7 towns
More to see nearby
The 52 places within 15 km include 3 historic houses, 2 castles and an attraction.
AttractionKents Cavern1.9 km away2
Historic house · National TrustCompton Castle5.6 km away3
Abbey or prioryTorre Abbey1.3 km away4
Castle · English HeritageBerry Pomeroy Castle8 km away5
ZooPaignton Zoo5.2 km away6
Historic house · National TrustGreenway House9.6 km away7
Castle · English HeritageDartmouth Castle13 km away8
Historic house · English HeritageKirkham House3.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Living Coasts
Where is Living Coasts?
Living Coasts is in Torquay, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Living Coasts?
Zoo in Devon, England.
When is the best time to visit Living Coasts?
June to September are the warmest months in Torquay, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Living Coasts?
Within 15 km: Kents Cavern (1.9 km), Compton Castle (5.6 km), Torre Abbey (1.3 km) and Berry Pomeroy Castle (8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Living Coasts: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kents Cavern: Jcg2006, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Compton Castle: Smalljim, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torre Abbey: Jazzamedeo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Berry Pomeroy Castle: J Morley (Smalljim), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Paignton Zoo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greenway House: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dartmouth Castle: Troxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkham House: Ianmacm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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