Please refer to these relevant links of places of interest in the local area:

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens
Holiday cottages near Abbotsbury
Buckfast Abbey
Crealy Park
Coldharbour Mill
Diggerland
Donkey Sanctuary
Devon Railway Centre
Eden Project
Hestercombe Gardens
Pecorama
Powderham Castle
Quince Honey Farm
Seaton Tramway
Wimbleball Lake
The Big Sheep
Woodlands

....and if you want to go to France,after all, try these websites:

Brittany Holiday Cottage
Self catering cottage in Morbihan Brittany France. Book Direct