The Parks
Torquay, Devon

A small family run non-smoking licensed guest house situated next to parkland, in the heart of the English Riviera, 500 metres back from the sea-front. Within a 300 metre level walk of both Torquay Train Station & The English Riviera Conference Centre. The Parks is located in one of the very few level areas of Torbay, in a convenient position within one of the pleasant parks surrounding the famous Torre Abbey. We are only 300 yards from the golden beaches at Torre Abbey Sands, and Corbyn Head and an enjoyable five minute walk from the Riviera International Conference Centre.

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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.