Torquay (tor-KEE) bụ oke osimiri dị na Devon, England, akụkụ nke mpaghara ikike dị na Torbay. Ọ dị kilomita iri na asatọ (iri abụọ na itoolu) n’ebe ndịda nke obodo ógbè Exeter na kilomita iri abụọ na asatọ (45 kilomita) n’ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ-ugwu-ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Plymouth, n’ebe ugwu nke Tor Bay, na-esote obodo Paignton dị nso na ọdịda anyanwụ nke mmiri ahụ na gafee ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Brixham. Ọnọdụ akụ na ụba obodo, dị ka nke Brixham, bụ nke mbụ dabere na ịkụ azụ na ọrụ ugbo, mana na mbido narị afọ nke iri na itoolu ọ malitere ịmalite ịbụ ebe a na-ewu ewu n'akụkụ osimiri, nke ndị otu Royal Navy na-agakarị na mbụ n'oge Napoleonic Wars mgbe Royal Navy na-agbanye na n'ọnụ mmiri. Ka oge na-aga, ka aha obodo ahụ gbasara, obodo Victoria amaara ya ama. N'ịbụ onye a maara nke ọma n'ihi ihu igwe ya dị nro, a na-akpọ ya Bekee Riviera. Onye edemede Agatha Christie mụrụ na obodo ahụ wee biri na Ashfield na Torquay n'oge ọ bụ nwata. Enwere "Agatha Christie Mile", njem nke nwere ihe edere maka ndụ ya na ọrụ ya. Onye na-ede uri a na-akpọ Elizabeth Barrett Browning biri n'obodo ahụ site na 1837 ruo 1841 na nkwanye nke dọkịta ya n'ịgbalị ịgwọ ya ọrịa nke bụ echere na ọ bụ ụkwara nta. Formerlọ mbụ ya bụzi akụkụ nke Regina Hotel na Vaughan Parade.

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