Local Interest
Glazebrook provides the ideal base for exploring Devon's beautiful scenery with miles of coastline and Dartmoor National Park surrounding us. National Trust properties such as Castle Drogo, Saltram House, Coleton Fishacre and Buckland Abbey are on the doorstep and the gardens at Lukeslands (see www.lukesland.co.uk) , Overbecks, Greenways and The Garden House are also nearby. The Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan are within an hour's drive.
If you enjoy walking, Lady’s Wood nature reserve is close by, in the Glazebrook valley. The Avon Dam, with an easy approach on foot, is nearby as are the wide open spaces of Dartmoor. The magnificent coastal paths and the Erme Plym Trail are just a short drive away and The Two Moors Way is accessible from the Hotel it you enjoy a more challenging walk.
The Avon, Glazebrook and Erme valleys have the highest concentration of Stone Rows, Hut Circles and Kistvaens(Burial Chambers) on the moors.
For cyclists we are on the Exeter to Plymouth Cycle Route and are near the Plym Trail and the Granite Way is only 45 minutes away.
Fishing is available on the River Dart or Avon, there are also many local fisheries, as well as sea fishing and coarse fishing.
Golf fans are within half a mile of Wrangaton Golf Club, a superb course with the first nine holes on moorland followed by the back nine in parkland where you can play for £20 per day with Tourist Residents Discount Voucher. Bigbury, Thurlestone and Dartmouth courses are only half an hour away.
For keen horse riders, a number of stables can be found in the surrounding area. The Dartmoor and South Hams Equestrian Centre is two minutes away and has one of the largest indoor arenas in the west. Escorted hacks on Dartmoor can be arranged.
In nearby Ivybridge there is the South Devon Leisure Centre and the South Devon Tennis Centre with four magnificent indoor courts and four outdoor, floodlit courts.
The city of Plymouth is within easy reach with its wealth of Maritime history including the Barbican and the Mayflower Steps. The magnificent National Marine Aquarium is well worth a visit.
Glazebrook is special, we would love to share it with you and we promise a truly happy and relaxing stay. Our local knowledge will help you enjoy the area whatever the weather.
Residential Art Courses
We are delighted to be working closely with local artists Rob and Siân Dudley who run a series of residential courses at Glazebrook.
Rob and Siân are both experienced artists and teachers. They are friendly, sympathetic and enthusiastic with a wealth of practical experience to share. They give demonstrations using a clear step by step approach. Combined with friendly constructive comments on an individuals work and the sharing of ‘tips and techniques’ students are encouraged to gain confidence in their own painting style.
More experienced painters have the opportunity to develop their own style and Rob and Siân provide individual tuition and encouragement tailor made to the students own requirements.
For more information please follow the link to www.moortoseaarts.co.uk.
Natural History
Site: The site consists of the upper mixed woodland at the rear of the hotel, the drive area and lower meadow in front of the hotel. There is a summer breeding colony of Lesser Horseshoe Bats in the loft of the main building.
Bird Species Recorded:
- Blackbird
- Blue Tit
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Chaffinch
- Coal Tit
- Gold Crest
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Jackdaw
- Jay
- Long-tailed Tit
- Nuthatch
- Song Thrush
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Swallow
- Treecreeper
- Wren
Ground Flora: Upper Woodland Area
- Bird's Foot Trefoil
- Broadleaved Willow Herb
- Black Knapweed
- Bluebell Bramble
- Common Sorrel Crane's Bill
- Creeping Buttercup
- Dogs Wood Mercury
- Enchanters Nightshade
- Foxglove
- Greater Plantain
- Green Alkanet
- Ground Elder
- Hart's Tongue Fern
- Heath Bedstraw
- Hedge Woundwort
- Herb Robert
- Hogweed
- Ivy
- Lady Fern
- Lords and Ladies (Cuckoo Pint)
- Male Fern Nettle
- Nipple-wort
- Polypody Fern
- Primrose
- Red Campion
- Self-heal
- Sow Thistle
- Speedwell
- Violet
- White Clover
- Wild Strawberry
- Wood Avens
- Yarrow
- Yellow Pimpernel
Meadow Flora
- Black Knapweed
- Bird's Foot Trefoil
- Camomile
- Dock
- Ribwort Plantain
- Thistle
- Yarrow
Ground Flora - Drive area
- Black Spleenwort
- Common Cowheat
- Hard Fern
- Hart's Tongue Fern
- Lady Fern
- Maiden Hair Fern
- Polypody Fern
- Perforate St. John's Wort
- Wood Sage
Trees
- Ash
- Beech
- Elder
- Hawthorn
- Holly
- Hornbeam
- Pine
- Sweet Chestnut
(There are a number of cultivated species also present in the Upper Woodland.)
Butterflies
- Brimstone
- Large White
- Gatekeeper
- Meadow Brown
- Peacock
- Red Admiral
- Small Copper
- Speckled Wood
Other insect species
- Southern Hawker Dragonfly
- Grasshopper spp.