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Totnes

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Totnes, England

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Totnes Orange Races

Totnes, England

Totnes Orange Races

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

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The Brutus Stone

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The Brutus Stone

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

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Ruined interior of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Seymour House.

Berry Pomeroy Castle

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

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Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

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5 MILEs FROM Totnes

The clock face.

'My Dear Mother' Clock

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

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9 MILEs FROM Totnes

The gray horse and its riders.

Widecombe in the Moor, England

Widecombe Fair Horse

This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.

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11 MILEs FROM Totnes

Exercise Tiger Memorial

Exercise Tiger Memorial

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

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11 MILEs FROM Totnes

Atlas Obscura Trips

Folklore and Magic of Southern England

Nov 1—Nov 6, 2018

Mythical castles and ancient witchcraft, ecological biomes and fairy-tale forests, sea tractors and flaming tar barrels—all this awaits you on our one-of-a-kind exploration of southern England's historic haunts and eccentric traditions.

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