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Totnes : Michelin's recommendations

The small and spruce old town of Totnes stands at the furthest navigable point on the River Dart. The narrow main street winds around brick and stone houses of faded hues evoking the wealth of its 16C and 17C merchants. Totnes's great period of prosperity was from 1550 to 1650, when it controlled the sea trade for cloth and tin to Spain and France.

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Tourist attractions Totnes : Things to see and do

Castle

Castle Street GB - Totnes TQ9 5NU

High on a mound sits the 14C castle, built to strengthen the 11C motte and bailey earthworks. The ramparts command excellent views of the River Dart Valley.

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High Street

High Street GB - Totnes TQ9 5NN

Interesting features include the Guildhall (1553), which occupies the site of an earlier Benedictine priory. The house at no 16, now a bank, was built in 1585 by a local pilchard merchant whose initials are on the façade. The granite pillared Butt..

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St Mary's

Station Road GB - Totnes TQ9 5HW

This priory then parish church with its red sandstone tower, decorated with gruesome gargoyles, contains a beautiful Beer stone rood screen (1459).

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Hotels Totnes

Royal Seven Stars Hotel

The Plains GB - Totnes TQ9 5DD

In the centre of beautiful Totnes, this charming hotel was once a 17th-century inn and now offers attractive en suite accommodation, free Wi-Fi and free parking. The Royal Seven Stars Hotel has a stylish, yet relaxed restaurant, TQ9, with delicious ..

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