Pecorama (or Pecorama Pleasure Gardens) is a

tourist attraction A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement. Types Places of natural b ...

on the hillside above the village of

Beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, in southwest

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, that includes a display of many

model railway Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, t ...

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

s, a shop, and the

Beer Heights Light Railway The Beer Heights Light Railway operates of minimum gauge railway, minimum gauge Rail tracks, track at Beer, Devon, Beer, Devon, England. It is part of Pecorama, an exhibition owned by Peco. Overview The official opening was by Rev. W.V. Awdr ...

. The attraction is owned and run by

PECO PECO is a UK-based manufacturer of model railway accessories, especially trackwork, based at Pecorama, Beer in South Devon, England. PECO is the collective name for the Pritchard Patent Product Company Ltd, Peco Publications and Publicity L ...

, a UK-based manufacturer of model railway accessories. The factory is on the same site. Pecorama is also home to "Teddy Mac and the Railway Bears", a series of children's books written by Margaret Edmonds.

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Pecorama website
* * Year of establishment missing Tourist attractions in Devon Heritage railways in Devon Gardens in Devon Miniature railways in the United Kingdom {{England-rail-transport-stub

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