The Buckfastleigh Information Centre

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Welcome to the Buckfastleigh Information Centre

This site has been setup to compliment the "bricks and mortar" Information centre at the bottom of Fore Street in Buckfastleigh.

Iniitally, we're going to link to all the other attractions in Buckfastleigh with a brief summary for each one and further links to their own websites (where avalable).

Local Attractions

The Valiant Soldier

The pub where time was never called... The Valiant Soldier was an active pub in Buckfastleigh which closed in the late 1960’s and never re-opened. Everything was literally left as it was and today, it’s open as a museum, giving visitors a glimpse of the past…

Devonia Products

Devonia sheepskins have been produced in the small town of Buckfastleigh on the edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, for some 200 years. The tannery has always procured the highest grade lambskins from locally bred flocks of sheep. The combination of traditional processing techniques handed down over the years to the current highly skilled craftsmen and the use of the local lambskins makes the Devonia sheepskin a unique and sought after product.

Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey is home to a Roman Catholic community of Benedictine monks.

Dart Rock Climbing Centre

Dart Rock climbing Centre is the home of indoor rock climbing in Devon, Cornwall and the South West. Built by climbers for everyone. Dart Rock provides indoor and outdoor rock climbing activities to the highest of standards in an encouraging and fun atmosphere.

William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust

Caves, bats and fossils, all part of the geography of the Buckfastleigh area.

Penywell Farm

Come and experience the Pennywell magic at our multi award winning Farm Activity Park... the biggest in the South West! There's lots to do and see for the whole family...

Dartmoor National Park

Buckfastleigh sits on the edge of Dartmoor National Park which covers an area of 368 square miles - the largest and wildest area of open country in southern England. Throughout the year Dartmoor is an exceptionally beautiful place to visit, with deep wooded gorges, beautiful lake-like reservoirs and tumbling rocky rivers

South Devon Railway

South Devon Railway is a seven mile former Great Western Railway branch line, built in 1872, which runs along the stunning valley of the River Dart between Buckfastleigh and Totnes. We run steam trains with heritage rolling stock and offer a wonderful all day attraction for families and people of all ages.

Otters and Butterflys

Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary offers a great, enjoyable, otter and butterfly educational experience. Wander around the otter sanctuary and butterfly farm and see new butterflies emerge in tropical surroundings. See the otters swimming underwater in specially built glass enclosures. Follow the otter keeper around at feeding times. Learn about the otter, its recreational and family life whatever the weather.

Want to help?

If you want to get involved, then drop an email to wiki@buckfastleigh.net and we'll set you up with a username and password and you can create your own pages here.