some accommodation ideas....
Travelodge | Paignton Seafront hotel Paignton hotels
looks to be ATM about £53 / room
Marldon Tor Caravan Park Home - Welcome to Torbay! Were a Caravan Site In Devon, South West England
We originally went to this campsite , but nobody at reception as we were 2 hrs later than we said ..
Looked a bit shabby BUT there were folks having BBQs and log fires etc ...£10/night flat rate all year.
Widdicombe Farm - touring park Torbay, Devon
And this is where we eventually stayed , just up the road from Marldon Tor ...very nice facilities and a bar on site ..BUT adults only and they don't do group bookings , so individuals would have to book also no campfires and strangely you can't pre-book less than 3 nights so we took pot luck and got in , there were quite a few pitches empty , but i can imagine that being adult only , the tent pitch probably isn't that popular, mainly older folk in swanky curryvans and motor homes.