Short answer: The two free attractions are the accessible ones — the House of Marbles and MAKE Southwest are both indoors, both free, both in the town. Canonteign Falls has a flatter lower route as well as the climb. Open moor and the path to Becky Falls are not accessible.
Free entry, open seven days a week, in the old pottery buildings. Museums, marble runs, a glassworks to watch and a licensed restaurant and café on site. Being able to spend a whole visit in one building without weather or gradients is the point here.
Free entry at Riverside Mill on Fore Street, the former Devon Guild of Craftsmen. It is an old mill building, so if a specific access need matters, ring ahead — but it is in the centre of town rather than up a lane.
East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve is free and has four car parks, which means you can build a short loop from whichever one suits rather than committing to a long circuit. There is a riverside bird hide. Surfaces are forest track rather than tarmac and soften after rain.
Canonteign Falls is the better bet: there is a flatter lower route as well as the climb up, and an excellent café. Becky Falls offers three trails, but the path to the falls themselves is rocky and is not a wheeled route — ring ahead and ask which trail suits.
Home Farm Café in the Parke estate has picnic tables outside and is strong on vegan and gluten-free. 3 Sixty has bike storage inside and sofas upstairs — note the upstairs, and that lunch does not start before 12.15. The Cromwell Arms has a good beer garden.
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