Location: Devon < England
Nearest Airport:
Exeter at 40
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Bideford at 5
Miles
Nearest Train:
Barnstable at 10
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
M5 - Junction 27 at 40
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 5.0
Metres
Car: recommended
Immediate access from the flat to the fantastic Blue flag Westward Ho! beach which is great for surfing, boarding, kiting and swimming. Central base to access Appledore, Instow, Woolacombe, Croyde, Braunton, Saunton and of course Cornwall for Bude. Fast coastal road 4 minutes away. Bideford town a five minute drive and Barnstable about 20 minutes away by car.
Many local attractions including the Big Sheep, Milky Way Adventure Park,Exmoor Zoo, Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park and Northam Burrows County Park.
Lundy Island can be reached by ferry from Bideford, it is an island three and a half miles long and half a mile wide and rises steeply from the sea.
Lundy is famous for its seabirds, including a few breeding pairs of the puffins which gave the island its name (Norse for Puffin Isle) but there is also a wealth of other animals and plants on the island and in the waters around it.
RHS Rosemoor is also about half an hour drive away.