Welcome to Tavistock Devon – The Jewel in Devon’s Crown

The south west’s famous market town, it’s rich history and famous son’s and daughters tell a story that spans over a thousand years, King’s and Queen’s have come to visit and many a tale can be told of murder and mystery!

Today Tavistock Devon can boast many attractions and a large mixed locally owned shopping area with a pannier market open almost everyday and regular farmers markets held in the town square that sell various locally grown vegetables, rare breed meats and locally made items.

Tavistock Devon has a long history and is a vibrant and interesting town to live and visit, and has World Heritage status as part of the eastern Gateway to the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. Tavistock Devon is the birthplace of Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral (c. 1540 – 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer…

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Living Locally, want to know more about whats going on in your town?

Coming soon we will be adding to the whats on section many more events in the town and the surrounding area. Do you have an event coming up, want to add it to our events section FREE? simply click on the add event button, you can add all your event information including images etc easily and let our visitors know about it.

Not just events, have you got news, posts, photos, anything you think will be of interest, just let us know and we’ll gladly add it to our site, no need to post it yourself we’ll do that for you!

Do you walk or camp on Dartmoor?

We are adding a special section this year to highlight the fantastic area we live in which includes Dartmoor!
Walking and camping has never been so exhilarating and free as when you do that on Dartmoor, 365 sq miles of wild and windy wilderness here in the south of England. In the coming months we will be adding pages of walks and camping stories, guides and galleries for all this who love Dartmoor.

As well as guides and stories we’ll also be adding in a ‘What to Wear’ feature including backpacks, tents and camping accessories, with help on maps and practical help on using Sat Navs.
With over 27 years of experience walking the moors and 20 years of cycling all over them our features hope to bring alive the magic of the ‘Experience of Dartmoor’.

If you have anything to add, stories, photos, maps, equipment reviews, anything and everything please let us know, we’ll get it all online here.

To contact us simply use our contact form or email: keith@tavistockdevon.com and we’ll respond straight away

Do you own a Business or have an Event coming up?

Why not add your business today, we have over 5000 visitors a month searching for shops, B&Bs, Hotels, Pubs, cafe’s and a lot more.
its free and easy, all you need to do to add your business is register with your name and email address… thats it!

Do you own a Pub, a Theatre, run events… why not add it here… again its easy and its free!