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== Visitor attractions == [[File:Cornmarket Street, Great Torrington - geograph.org.uk - 1199206.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Cornmarket Street, Great Torrington]] Attractions in Great Torrington include: * [[Dartington Crystal]], Factory, Visitors Centre, Glass Shop and Restaurant of Dartington Crystal β the biggest employer in the town and the only major working glass factory in the UK<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartington.co.uk/|title=Welome to Dartington Glass|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> [[File:The plough torrington 05041.jpg|180px|thumb|right|[[The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington|The Plough Arts Centre]] is Great Torrington's theatre, cinema and art gallery.]] * [[Rosemoor Garden]], a collection of [[garden]]s, [[woodland]]s and [[park]]land owned by the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] * The [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Pannier Market, Torrington|Torrington Pannier Market]] with a glass roof, restored in 1999 * Great Torrington Heritage Museum, located next to the [[Pannier Market]] * [[St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington|St Michael and All Angels]], a [[Church of England parish church]] whose churchyard includes a mound said to contain the remains of 60 [[English Civil War|Civil War]] [[Cavalier|Royalist]] prisoners * [[The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington|The Plough Arts Centre]], a small theatre, cinema and gallery * Great Torrington also has a selection of [[pub]]s selling food and a selection of [[real ale]]s. These include The Torridge Inn, Torrington Arms, Cavalier and Royal Exchange. Torrington had a small [[brewery]] called Clearwater Brewery with its "Cavalier" and "1646" brands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Torrington-s-Clearwater-Brewery-offers-North/story-20427222-detail/story.html |title=Torrington's Clearwater Brewery offers North Devon pubs the chance to have their own branded ale |access-date=31 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031160904/http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Torrington-s-Clearwater-Brewery-offers-North/story-20427222-detail/story.html |archive-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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