Bus service 62 (Torquay circular) calls at the village five times per day (Mon-Fri) and is operated by Torbay Buses.

The village was probably founded 2,500 years ago during the Iron Age with evidence of two hill forts on either side of Cockington Valley.

[citation needed] Little is known about Cockington from that point up until the remains of a small Saxon village were found near the Drum Inn.

[7] The Drum Inn occupies the site of a former sawmill and was the flagship project of Cockington Trust Ltd, who were proposing to build a new village.

[7] The pub sign depicting an Elizabethan soldier beating a drum, is attributed to be from the studio of Dame Laura Knight.

[9] The original was painted on a solid sheet of copper and today it hangs on a wall inside the pub, with a facsimile in its place outside.

The Almshouses consist of seven terraced cottages built during the reign of King James I of England by the Cary family to house the poor and those who could not work within the village.

Its historical significance merits great care in maintaining its existing fabric and in ensuring new elements are sympathetically designed.

The Mallocks staged amateur theatricals at Cockington Court, in which Christie, managing to overcome her usual crippling shyness, took part.