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Places worth the detour in Paignton

21 places worth going out of your way for lie within 12 km of Paignton, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (13). Best known: Kents Cavern. 19 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature13 Archaeological8
Within 12 km
21
Oldest
Torre Abbey 1101
Little known
19 of 21
Most from
12th century

All 21, ranked 21

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Paignton

Exeter · 32 km8 Plymouth · 42 km22 Weymouth · 81 km25 Somerset · 104 km25 Cardiff · 119 km10 Bournemouth · 123 km10 Swansea Bay City Region · 130 km18 Bristol · 132 km22

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Paignton?

21 places within 12 km: 13 nature & landscapes and 8 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Kents Cavern.

Is there anything near Paignton that most visitors miss?

19 of these 21 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Paignton?

Torre Abbey, dated to 1101.

How is the 12 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Paignton, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.