Totnes is the major town where you will find a variety of shops, both independents and supermarkets, for all your needs.

Nearer at hand are the picturesque villages of Dittisham just a mile or so down river, Cornworthy and Ashprington with its nearby Sharpham Winery, producing quality English wines and delectable cheeses from Jersey cows’ milk. The Dartington Craft Centre and the market town of Kingsbridge are also within a 20-minute drive.

Only five miles away by the valley road is Dartmouth, with its flotillas of boats of all sizes bobbing in the estuary, its magnificent Royal Naval College and its shops and restaurants.

A few miles further on is Salcombe and then onward to the famous Burgh Island which is approached from the mainland in a peculiar sea tractor with wheels on stilts, allowing you to remain above the level of the sea. On the island is the splendid, Grade II listed, art-deco Burgh Island Hotel where Agatha Christie wrote ‘Evil Under the Sun’ and ‘And Then There Were None’. Refreshment is also available in the tiny 14th century smugglers’ pub, The Pilchard Inn.

The whole of the South Hams region is a conservation area with many features of natural beauty so you are never far from something or somewhere to explore and enjoy.