Wolborough
Wolborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England.

Wolborough is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. Today the village forms a southern suburb of the town of Newton Abbot.
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Worth seeing in and around Wolborough
9 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.
- 01Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. It lies near the River Teign and Whitelake, approximately 26 miles southwest of Plymouth, 13 miles southwest of Exeter, and 40 miles north-northeast of Taunton.
1.8 km · market town and civil parish in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02West Ogwell Church
West Ogwell Church in Ogwell, Devon, England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.7 km · church in West Ogwell, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hackney Canal
The Hackney Canal was a short canal in Devon, England, that linked the Hackney Clay Cellars to the River Teign. It was privately built by Lord Clifford in 1843, and throughout its life carried ball clay for use in the production of pottery.
2.9 km · canal in Devon, England · Wikipedia - 04Bradley
Bradley is a medieval manor house in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It is set amongst woodland and meadows in the valley of the River Lemon about a half mile to the west of the main town.
600 m · National Trust medieval manor house near Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Passmore Edwards Centre
The Passmore Edwards Centre is a grade II listed building in Newton Abbot, Devon, in England. It was built as a library and technical school by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards in memory of his mother who was born in the town.
600 m · public library in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Leonards Tower
St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot, popularly known as The Clock Tower, is a Grade II* listed building in Newton Abbot. It was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a Gothic-style church and was the site of William III's first proclamation in England.
600 m · clock tower in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Forde House
Forde House, now known as Old Forde House, is a Grade I listed former manor house dating in back to c. 1550 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The building was substantially enlarged c. 1610 and is noted for its fine 17th-century wood-carving and plasterwork.
1.5 km · Grade I listed building in Teignbridge, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08South Devon UTC
South Devon UTC is a mixed University Technical College located in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It opened in 2015 and caters for students aged 14–19 years.
1.2 km · college in Devon, UK · Wikipedia - 09Teign Bridge
The Teign Bridge is a road bridge over the River Teign near Kingsteignton, Devon carrying the Exeter Road across the river. It has been Grade II listed since 1987.
2.7 km · bridge in Teigngrace, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wolborough
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 99 km · Bristol (BRS), 114 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 238 km
- Stations
- Newton Abbot railway station, 1.3 km
- Cardiff → Wolborough111 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £18–24
- Bristol → Wolborough126 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–18
- London → Wolborough268 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · £27–37
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wolborough
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wolborough. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBrixham – A small fishing town, reachable by ferry.
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- Coffinswellvillage in Devon, England, UK3.7 km
- Teigngracehamlet and civil parish in Devon, England, UK3.4 km
- Denburyvillage in Devon, England, UK3.6 km
- Highweekvillage in Devon, England, UK1.5 km