Torquay
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles (29 km) south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles (45 km) east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. Wikipedia
Population 48,563 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 29 of daylight
- February: 10 h 04 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 47 of daylight
- May: 15 h 28 of daylight
- June: 16 h 25 of daylight
- July: 16 h 02 of daylight
- August: 14 h 33 of daylight
- September: 12 h 40 of daylight
- October: 10 h 48 of daylight
- November: 9 h 01 of daylight
- December: 8 h 02 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Torquay
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Torquay's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 2
3 to 5 hours· 35
- Reading3h
- Swindon3h 11
- Cheltenham3h 12
- Warminster3h 12
- Cardiff3h 21
- Gloucester3h 28
- Salisbury3h 34
- London3h 35
- Oxford3h 40
- Penzance3h 42
25 moreFewer
- Farnborough3h 52
- Birmingham3h 57
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Windsor and Eton3h 58
- Worcester4h 02
- Southampton4h 04
- Winchester4h 06
- Guildford4h 11
- St Albans4h 13
- Eastleigh4h 15
- Stevenage4h 16
- Milton Keynes4h 20
- Chelmsford4h 25
- Coventry4h 25
- Ludlow4h 26
- Swansea4h 35
- Peterborough4h 35
- Southend-on-Sea4h 37
- Crawley4h 41
- Derby4h 43
- Cambridge4h 45
- Portsmouth4h 46
- Colchester4h 48
- Shrewsbury4h 54
- Northampton4h 57
5 hours or more· 65
- Brighton5h
- Folkestone5h 01
- Ely5h 05
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Ipswich5h 08
- Leicester5h 08
- Stamford5h 08
- Nottingham5h 19
- Eastbourne5h 19
- Sheffield5h 21
55 moreFewer
- Stockport5h 21
- Canterbury5h 21
- Hastings5h 24
- Runcorn5h 24
- Doncaster5h 28
- Warrington5h 28
- Manchester5h 31
- Stratford-upon-Avon5h 32
- Arundel5h 35
- Wigan5h 39
- Salford5h 41
- Liverpool5h 44
- Chester5h 46
- Norwich5h 48
- Wakefield5h 48
- Preston5h 53
- York5h 54
- Bolton5h 55
- Lincoln5h 56
- Wrexham6h 02
- Leeds6h 05
- Blackpool6h 22
- Lille6h 28
- Paris6h 32
- Altrincham6h 35
- Huddersfield6h 37
- Kingston upon Hull6h 45
- Burnley6h 49
- Cleethorpes6h 55
- Saint-Cloud6h 59
- Accrington7h
- Newcastle upon Tyne7h 02
- Scarborough7h 02
- Brussels7h 08
- Durham7h 08
- Versailles7h 11
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll7h 19
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Disneyland Paris7h 24
- Sunderland7h 25
- Llandudno7h 25
- Nelson7h 27
- Tywyn7h 27
- Fontainebleau7h 28
- Cromer7h 28
- Reims7h 30
- Middlesbrough7h 30
- Annan7h 31
- Kraainem7h 34
- Tenby7h 39
- Leuven7h 45
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Berwick-upon-Tweed7h 47
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Torquay's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 4
3 to 5 hours· 34
- Cardiff3h 09
- Reading3h 13
- Birmingham3h 27
- Oxford3h 27
- Worcester3h 34
- London3h 46
- Warminster3h 47
- Penzance3h 52
- Farnborough3h 52
- Coventry3h 55
24 moreFewer
- Winchester3h 59
- Swansea4h 03
- Eastleigh4h 08
- Windsor and Eton4h 08
- Salisbury4h 08
- Guildford4h 10
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Southampton4h 16
- Derby4h 20
- St Albans4h 26
- Stevenage4h 30
- Milton Keynes4h 33
- Chelmsford4h 40
- Crawley4h 41
- Bournemouth4h 47
- Colchester4h 48
- Shrewsbury4h 48
- Stockport4h 50
- Northampton4h 50
- Nottingham4h 55
- Sheffield4h 57
- Southend-on-Sea4h 58
- Brighton4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Babbacombe Model Village Attraction · 880 m
- Chilcote Memorial Memorial · 630 m
- Bygones Attraction · 680 m
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Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Plainmoor Hub (Proposed) 560 m
- Torquay Coach Station 750 m
- Price First Taxis Ltd - 01803 322 322 1.1 km
- Torre 1.3 km
- Torquay 2.2 km
- Paignton 5.5 km
More train stations: Paignton Queens Park 5.6 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.