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Coast and Wildlife Half Day Tour

The English Riviera's Coast and Wildlife

Start at Living Coasts, a unique visitor attraction, this coastal zoo gives visitors an insight into the natural world that is here on our doorstep. Living Coasts features a range of fascinating coastal creatures against a backdrop that is the English Riviera's breathtaking coastline.

To experience this coastline form the outside take the local Ferry to Brixham. The Torbay Belle departs from Haldon Pier, just 2 minutes walk from Living Coasts. Discover the wonders of our geological cliffs and the wildlife that surrounds them. On arriving at Brixham Harbourside take a short journey to the impressive headland of Berry Head.

This is Torbay's most important wildlife site and one of England's 200 National Nature Reserves. The area defines the southern part of Torbay with the 65 metre limestone headland dropping sheer into the sea, acting as a shelter for the Bay from the south-westerly winds. The nature reserve is home to several species of rare and threatened plants as well as a variety of birds (including a Guillemot colony) bats, (a colony of the endangered Greater Horseshoe Bats reside in the caves below) and also moths, dragonfly and butterflies.

The headland is also the site of two Napoleonic war era fortifications, constructed between 1795 and 1806, which are among the best preserved in the country and are protected as an ancient Monument.

If time allows, stop at the Visitor Centre and Cafe before completing this half day tour around some of the English Riviera's coral coastline.