Landscapes Travel is owned and run by Andrew Thompson, an historian and lecturer, who grew up in Cornwall and Devon and has spent much of his adult life in the South West.

Before setting up Landscapes Travel in 1999, Andrew lectured for nine years in higher education in Plymouth.

His earlier career included teaching for Cambridge University, where he won a benefactors' studentship to undertake postgraduate research at St John's College, London University, the American Institute for Foreign Study and the Workers' Education Association.

Over the years we have worked hard to acquire and retain our reputation for high quality, friendly and personal service. It is a source of real pleasure that so many of our customers learn about us through word of mouth and personal recommendations. We have received visitors from a range of countries including Britain, Canada, Germany, Poland, South Africa and the United States and have been invited to work with organisations like the National Trust and the College of St Mark and St John in Plymouth.

We also organise courses for Elderhostel, the world's largest provider of educational travel for adults over 55, whose other British partners include such prestigious organisations as Christ Church College, Oxford and Churchill College, Cambridge. Andrew Thompson was one of just three British based guide-lecturers to receive Elderhostel's Year of the Instructor award when they celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2005.

We are based in the attractive market town of Tavistock in rural West Devon. Tavistock is the perfect centre from which to explore Devon and Cornwall - a town steeped in history, on the western edge of the Dartmoor National Park, close to the Tamar Valley and maritime Plymouth and with dramatic coastlines and the cathedral city of Exeter just short scenic journeys away.

Sir Francis Drake's birthplace, site of a medieval abbey whose remains were incorporated into the picturesque Victorian town centre and gateway to the Cornwall and West Devon mining landscapes World Heritage Site, Tavistock has been voted England's Best Market Town by readers of Country Life Magazine.

There is a good choice of accommodation in the town and surrounding countryside, from award winning bed and breakfasts to luxury hotels, and the outstanding cuisine in local shops, pubs and restaurants led to Tavistock winning the title Best Food Town in South West England 2006.

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November 2007