Rainy-day ideas
Devon when it rains
19 indoor places from our Devon guide, grouped by area. Tagged by type of place (museums, galleries, theatres, libraries and similar), so check opening times and booking with each venue. Month-by-month weather
Indoor options by area
Plymouth (5)
- Mayflower MuseumMuseum
- Minster Church of St AndrewChurch
- Plymouth Gin DistilleryDistillery
- The BoxMuseum
- Theatre Royal PlymouthTheatre
Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart (4)
- Dartmouth MuseumMuseum
- St Mary's Church, TotnesChurch
- St Saviour's ChurchChurch
- Totnes MuseumMuseum
Exeter (4)
- Bill Douglas Cinema MuseumMuseum
- Exeter CathedralCathedral
- Royal Albert Memorial MuseumMuseum
- St Mary StepsChurch
Dartmoor (2)
- Dartmoor Prison MuseumMuseum
- Museum of Dartmoor LifeMuseum
Exmoor & Lynmouth (2)
- Dovery Manor MuseumMuseum
- Lyn and Exmoor MuseumMuseum
Torquay, Paignton & Brixham (2)
- Brixham Heritage MuseumMuseum
- Torquay MuseumMuseum
Dry or bright day? Outdoor picks
The same tagging in reverse: 23 parks, gardens, streets, bridges, viewpoints and similar places that are best when it is dry.
Dartmoor (6)
- BrentorVillage
- Fingle BridgeBridge
- Postbridge clapper bridgeBridge
- PrincetownVillage
- Tavistock AbbeyRuin
- Widecombe-in-the-MoorVillage
Exmoor & Lynmouth (6)
- CountisburyVillage
- Exmoor ZooZoo
- LynmouthVillage
- Porlock WeirHarbour
- SelworthyVillage
- Tarr StepsBridge
Exeter (4)
- Exeter QuayWaterfront
- Northernhay GardensPark
- Parliament StreetStreet
- Rougemont GardensGarden
Plymouth (4)
- Charles ChurchRuin
- Mayflower StepsMonument
- Plymouth HoePark
- Plymouth Naval MemorialMemorial
Torquay, Paignton & Brixham (3)
- CockingtonVillage
- Paignton ZooZoo
- Princess GardensGarden
Places are tagged from their type and a short list of manual overrides (src/data/weather-fit.json). Anything we cannot place with confidence, such as colleges, castles and mixed sites, is not listed. This is not a weather forecast.