Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Barn
(
www.dartington.org/barn-cinema
;
Dartington Estate)
An atmospheric independent cinema with a good
program.
CINEMA
WORTH A TRIP
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE
Even the most level-headed are set to get spooked at the immense 17th-century ruin of
Berry Pomeroy
(EH;
01803-866618;
www.english-heritage.org.uk
; adult/child £5/3; 10am-6pm Apr-Sep, to 5pm Oct), 2 miles east
of Totnes. The crumbling walls of its roofless shell soar up to three floors high. Individual rooms are still clearly
outlined, making it feel both partly normal and as if something has gone horribly wrong at the same time. The
sense of menace increases at St Margaret's Tower, a circular well-like structure where Lady Margaret Pomeroy is
said to have been imprisoned and starved to death by her jealous sister. Her ghost (apparently) roams the battle-
ments today.
Shopping
Totnes Market
(Civic Sq; 9am-4pm)
Each Friday and Saturday scores of stalls, selling everything from
vintage goods to fudge, fill the Civic Sq. On the third Sunday of the month one of
Devon's biggest food markets is set up here.
MARKET
Shops at Dartington
(
www.dartington.org/shops
;
Dartington Estate; 10am-5pm)
Jewellery, kitchenware, books, glassware,
clothes, toys, fine foods and a Cranks cafe fill the attractive outbuildings of this former
cider press.
SHOPPING CENTRE
Riverford Farm Shop
(
www.riverfordfarmshop.co.uk
;
38 High St; 9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
Plot your picnic here,
among piles of organic local veg, pies, pasties, bread and cheese.
FOOD
Information
Tourist Office
(
01803-863168;
www.totnesinformation.co.uk
;
Coronation Rd;
9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri &
10am-4pm Sat Apr-Oct, 10am-4pm Mon-Fri & to 1pm Sat Nov-Mar)
Getting There & Away
