What survives of the abbey is scattered around the centre of Tavistock and easy to miss if you do not know what you are looking for. The most obvious fragments are Court Gate (the original abbey gatehouse, now spanning the road by the Pannier Market), the Still Tower, and the Misericord building. The rest of the abbey footprint lies under the vicarage garden and the modern buildings around the parish church.
Walking the ruins takes twenty minutes and gives a sense of just how much of medieval Tavistock has been lost. There is a small interpretation board explaining the original layout, and the parish church next door incorporates several reused stones and tombs. It is not a grand ruin like Glastonbury, but it is the spine of the town's history.