Paignton
Britishnoun
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In the same month, the charity that owned Paignton and Newquay zoos announced they were both for sale, citing financial challenges.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Paignton Zoo, which opened in 1923, was developed from the private menagerie of eccentric millionaire Herbert Whitley, says the zoo on its website.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
A spokesperson said almost all of the incidents were in the Plymouth area, with just one or two from around the Paignton and Torquay area.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
She suggested he could recuperate at a care home at Paignton in Devon, near where she lived, while she readied her house for him to stay there.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
It is said that in Totnes the saying, 'Going to Paignton to meet the French,' is still a synonym for meeting trouble halfway.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
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