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Great Torrington, sometimes referred to as just Torrington, is a small market town in the north part of Devon. It is approximately 29 kilometers south of Ilfracombe, 65 kilometers due north of Plymouth and 52 kilometers north west of the city of Exeter. Part of the town lies on a steep cliff that drops down to the River Torridge. In the centre of Torrington due to its layout there are great views, some parts of the town on the lower side experience flooding though. The town is classed as a factory town and in the nineteenth century was well known in the glove making industry. Great Torrington is right in the heart of Tarka Country which was part of a landscape scene in the book Tarka the Otter written in 1927 by Henry Williamson. The town holds an annual folk festival called Mayfair which dates as far back as 1554. Each May the local children of Great Torrington dance around a maypole which is erected in the town square. Average property prices in Great Torrington at the end of 2007 where around ?190k which was just below the national average for that time. A two bedroom property was typically on sale at around ?150k and a detached house was around ?240k. Most of the properties on sale where between the ?100 and ?200k price band.