Red House Hotel & Apartments
Torquay, Devon

The Red House Hotel and Maxton Lodge, located in the same grounds, offer a choice of hotel or self catering accommodation. Situated in the leafy lanes of Chelston, a charming and tranquil area of Torquay providing village shops and identified by its large red-stone Victorian Villas. We are only 800 yards from Torre Abbey Sands and close to the harbour and town - just a short ride away by bus which passes our door. Guests of both the hotel and apartments are invited to enjoy the extensive leisure facilities including indoor and outdoor pools, sauna, spa bath and modern gym.

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Torquay is a town on the south coast of England in the county of Devon which has extended along the coast of Torbay to the extent that it is now inextricably intermingled with the neighbouring town of Paignton. In the 19th century it became a fashionable seaside resort, renowned for its healthy climate it gained a nickname as the English Riviera. Although it has been suggested that Torquay roughly signifies 'Thor's Harbor' (cognate to Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Þórshöfn, Iceland), a more likely root is the Old English word torr (itself of Celtic origins), which now occurs as tor or torre in place names in Devon and Cornwall.