Marldon

Worth seeing in and around Marldon

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Compton Castle

   Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton, about 5 miles west of Torquay on the southern coast of Devon, England. The estate was home to the families of Compton, de la Pole, Doddiscombe, Gilbert and Templer.

   1.5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in South Hams, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Berry Pomeroy Castle

   Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family which had held the land since the 11th century.

   2.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in South Hams, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Paignton Zoo

   Paignton Zoo is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England, operated by Dutch leisure company Libéma since January 2026. The zoo houses a collection of approximately 1,876 animals representing nearly 189 species, and cultivates about 1,600 different species of plant across its 80-acre site.

   3.5 km · zoo in the UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Oldway Mansion

   Oldway Mansion is a large house and gardens in Paignton, Devon, England. It was built as a private residence for Isaac Singer, and rebuilt by his son Paris Singer, in the style of the Palace of Versailles.

   2.8 km · house in Paignton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kirkham House

   Kirkham House is a late medieval stone house in Paignton, Devon, England. It is believed to be a 14th- or 15th-century building.

   3.1 km · late medieval stone house in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary, Collaton St Mary

   The Church of St Mary, in the village of Collaton St Mary in Devon, was built between 1864 and 1866 in memory of Mary Maxwell Hogg, teenaged daughter of the Rev John Roughton Hogg, owner of the nearby Blagdon Barton estate, and granddaughter of hymnwriter and vicar Henry Francis Lyte. It is a Grade II* listed building.

   2.9 km · church in Torbay, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Paignton Pier

   Paignton Pier is a pleasure pier in the large English seaside resort of Paignton, Devon. It was financed by Arthur Hyde Dendy, a local Paignton barrister and designed by George Soudon Bridgman.

   3.9 km · pier in Devon, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Cockington Court

   Cockington Court, near Torquay in Devon, England, is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. The manor dates back to Saxon times, and is mentioned in Domesday Book.

   2.5 km · historic house in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Old Town Hall, Paignton

   The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in New Street in Paignton, a town in Devon, in England. It served as the offices of Paignton Urban District Council until 1946, but was later converted for residential use.

   3.5 km · municipal building in Paignton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bishop's Palace, Paignton

    The Bishop's Palace in Paignton was the manorial centre and occasional residence of the bishops of Exeter in the town from the 11th century until the early 16th century. The remains of the palace stand beside the parish church of St John the Baptist.

    3.3 km · bishop's palace in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Marldon

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 106 km · Bristol (BRS), 120 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 231 km

Stations

Paignton railway station, 3.6 km · Torquay railway station, 4 km

• Cardiff → Marldon

  118 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £19–25
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  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–19
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  270 km · quickest by road, 5h · £28–37
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