Babbacombe Model Village, Devon

i'm actually quite shocked that there are so few reviews for this place - i looked for some before visiting and decided to give it a go regardless...and am pleased i did.

i don't think my partner was too keen on the idea of wandering round a model village...especially as we were two fully grown adults visiting with no children...but he's held up his hands in defeat and admitted it was time and money well spent!

the 'scenes' started almost as soon as we entered the village and the detail was just brilliant. we laughed out loud at the health farm scene where there's even someone in the bath inside the house. each and every exhibit we came to seemed to have more detail and on most there was a short verbal explanation of what was happening. we also loved the names used on the shops and company vehicles - very appropriate.

my personal favourite was the fire-breathing dragon. make sure you go round the back of the castle as there's so much going on in the grounds that you could easily miss if you don't.

the cafe and shop are rather pricey...but nobody forced us to stop for a coffee!

I thought that the model village was quite enjoyable. When you pay you go straight through to the village. There is benches you can sit on to enjoy your lunch and on the right is the walk into the village. When you start walking in to the village, on the left is the 'Circus' the circus room is pretty dark, but its basiclly a big circus tent with lots of things happening inside it and outside it inside a glass box sort of thing, so you cant touch. There is also a 3D theatre which (when I went this is) showed a story called pirates of the 7 seas. I would recommend going in there as it is a fun 3D experience. You literally ride along with them getting splashed with water, chairs rocking, bubbles coming at you, air being blowed at you. Its only fifteen minuites long but when you come out you start your walk into the village.

There is lots of things to see in the village, there's fire stations, carnivals, shopping malls its fun to see. There is also a railway station, the London 2012 dome which is being built. Then you go into a room, with lots of wax models. Of Shrek, Wallace and Gromit, Noel and Liam Gallagher.

I would recommend this if you dont mind walking around for atleast two hours.