This was our first visit as a family and we made t...

This was our first visit as a family and we made the trip as there was a children's book festival that included storytelling, meet the authors and book signing, the kids loved it. Car parking is free and so is access to the gardens and the Abbey all of which are wheelchair and buggy friendly. At the entrance is a newly built museum that touches on the history of Buckfast Abbey and it is not what you expect, very modern and interactive and kept the little ones engaged way longer than we thought. As you would expect the place is immaculate and well maintained, it was summer and the grounds looked and smelt lovely with all the flowers out in bloom There are plenty of places to have a picnic or a restaurant is on site. The highlight is the Abbey itself which is amazing, not an ancient building but completed only 30 years ago, it does have a very light modern feeling about it and you'll probably have a sore neck when you leave after trying to look at all the detail in the ceiling. Overall a fantastic place to visit and we spent a good 3-4 hours looking around.