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Bed And Breakfast In Paignton
Telephone: 01803 551419
Sea Reach Hotel
Telephone: 01803 553141
Sea Spray Hotel
Telephone: 01803 557795
Sea Verge Hotel
Telephone: 01803 557341
Seaford Hotel
Telephone: 01803 551093
Seaways Hotel
Telephone: 01803 558021
Sonachan House Hotel
Telephone: 01803 557231
South Sands Hotel
Telephone: 01803 558756
St. Edmunds Hotel
Telephone: 01803 558842
St.Weonards Private Hotel
Telephone: 01803 558101
Summerhill Hotel
More Information About Paignton
Paignton (pronounced /ˈpeɪntən/) is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known as the English Riviera. Paignton's population in the United Kingdom Census of 2001 was 48,251. It has origins as a Celtic settlement and was first mentioned 1086. It grew as a small fishing village and a new harbour was built in 1847. A railway line was opened to passengers in 1859 creating links to Torquay and London. As its population increased, it merged with the villages of Goodrington and Preston. Places Of Interest The Torbay Picture House (now closed) is believed to have been Europe's oldest purpose-built cinema and was built in 1907. Seat 2 Row 2 of the circle was the favourite seat of crime novelist Agatha Christie, who lived in neighbouring Torquay. The cinemas and theatres in her books are all said to be based on the Torbay Picture House. It was also used as a location for the 1984 Donald Sutherland film Ordeal by Innocence and the 1981 film The French Lieutenant's Woman (which was filmed mainly at Lyme Regis in Dorset).[8][9] The Royal Bijou Theatre is now demolished, but a blue plaque marking its former location can be found next to the Thomas Cook travel agency in Hyde Road. The Royal Bijou Theatre was the venue for the premiere of The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan on 30 December 1879. The performance was given at short notice in order to secure the copyright on the work after problems had arisen with unauthorised performances of HMS Pinafore in the USA.[10] The department store Rossiters was a centrepiece of the town until it closed in 2009. The store is said to have been the inspiration for the sitcom Are You Being Served?.[11] From 1889 to 1897 the mathematician Oliver Heaviside lived in Palace Avenue, in the building now occupied by Barclays Bank. A commemorative blue plaque can be seen on the wall. Heaviside is buried in Paignton Cemetery. Beaches Paignton beach and the nearby Preston Sands are used for water sports including kite surfing and dinghy sailing. The reed beds found at Broadsands beach are a haunt of the rare Cirl Bunting.[12] Hollicombe beach features a geological stratotype at its northern end, known as the "Corbyn's Head Member"[13] Elberry Cove is used by jetski enthusiasts, while Saltern Cove is a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its distinctive geology. Transport Paignton railway station is situated close to the shops and a short walk from the beach along Torbay Road. Queen's Park Station for the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway is adjacent to the main railway station on the beach side of the level crossing. The bus and coach station face the main entrance to the railway station. Use As A Film Location Paignton was used as a location in several episodes of the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus. In Episode 23, entitled "Scott of the Antarctic", Paignton Pier and seafront can be seen. Episode 18, "Live from the Grill-o-Mat", was hosted by John Cleese from the fictional Grill-o-Mat snack bar in Paignton. During the location filming of these scenes in May 1970, the Python team stayed at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, which subsequently provided John Cleese with the inspiration for Fawlty Towers. The town has also been used for filming by Spike Milligan, Little and Large and Dick Emery. Oldway Mansion was used as a location for Isadora (1968), a film about the dancer Isadora Duncan. It was also used during the filming of Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004), as a stand-in for Buckingham Palace.
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