Services, groups and places to stay and visit
Places to Visit
Information about places to visit
The Big Sheep is an amusement farm park located in Abbotsham, billed as a great day out for all the family whatever your age.
The Milky Way is an award-winning adventure park, billed as an all-weather family attraction. Tickets are best booked in advance.
Quince Honey Farm is a working honey farm at Aller Cross, South Molton and offers a great day out for all the family. From guided tours, soft play and beautiful gardens through to exclusive bee keeping experiences, there’s plenty to keep everyone happy!
Nestled in a Devon valley near Great Torrington, Rosemoor blends formal and informal plantings to magical effect.
The entire Hartland Peninsula is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The spectacular Atlantic coastline is complemented by hanging valleys, tumbling waterfalls, ancient woodlands and flowers, animals, birds and marine life of every kind.
Hartland Abbey is a former abbey and current family home to the Stucley family. The award-winning house, with its fascinating interiors and decoration, beautiful woodland walks, walled gardens and parkland, has been in the same family ownership for generations and provides a warm welcome to visitors.
The spectacular cliffs at Hartland Quay with their incredibly contorted rock layers are always worth a visit and at low tide there is plenty of sand, rock pools and rocks to scramble over. In wild weather it is the perfect place to appreciate the power of the sea and wind as the waves crash against the cliffs and shore. With access to the South West Coast Path both North and South from the Quay, it makes an ideal start/finish point for a wide variety of walks.
Inspired by the route travelled by Tarka the Otter, this 180 mile, figure eight route traverses unspoiled countryside, dramatic sea cliffs and beautiful beaches. The southern loop incorporates the longest, continuous off-road cycle path in the UK. Walking or cycling, you can experience the best this beautiful area has to offer.
The scenic Tarka Line runs from Exeter to Barnstaple, following the gentle river valleys of the Yeo and Taw.
Bideford Bicycle Hire is the perfect place to hire a bicycle to explore the 34 mile traffic free Tarka Trail cycle route. Our bike depot is situated in the middle of the cycle trail offering you the choice of cycling south towards Torrington and Meeth or North to Barnstaple then onto Braunton. Either route offers a flat traffic free tarmac path allowing you the opportunity to take in the wonderful countryside views Devon is so famed for and enjoy some of the great local produce from one of the many pubs or cafes along the route.
Clovelly is world-famous for its steep, cobbled, traffic-free streets, traditional architecture, donkeys and historic harbour.
Westward Ho! is the only town in the UK to have an exclamation mark as part of its name. Surfing and swimming are popular as is walking on the large expanse of sandy beach. Dogs are allowed on any part of the beach between 1 October and 30 April. During the summer there are restrictions in place.
Lundy lies off the coast of North Devon, where the Atlantic ocean meets the Bristol Channel with nothing between it and America, a granite outcrop, three miles long and half a mile wide. In the hubbub of the modern world, it is a place apart, peaceful and unspoiled.
Exmoor is one of 15 UK National Parks and an International Dark Sky Reserve. Famous for its wild deer and ponies, dramatic coastline and rugged heather moorland, there’s plenty to see and do.
Northam Burrows Country Park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is about 253 hectares of grassy coastal plain with salt marsh, sand dunes and generally unimproved grasslands. The Burrows provides one of the access points for the two miles of Westward Ho! Beach, thus combining the best of opportunities for land and marine leisure activities.
The South West Coast Path is England’s longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles, running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset.
There are several public footpaths in the parish, where walkers can go off the beaten track to explore the area.
Formerly known as Atlantic Village, Affinity Devon Outlet shopping centre has over 30 stores. FREE parking, open 7 days a week, late night shopping every Thursday until 8pm, just off the A39 Bideford.
Merry Harriers is a family-run garden centre in Woolsery with a restaurant and a shop.