Over the past 65 years we have been lucky enough to meet and get to know some lovely people in the Bideford and North Devon area while caring for their eyes. We love seeing new faces at the practice and welcome new customers.
We are an independent, family run shop. We specialise in unique gifts, homewares and handmade jewellery, inspired by our beautiful countryside and coastal surrounding us. Where possible we like to source our products from small UK based companies, with many of these items handmade.
Voted the Best Jewellery Shop in Devon 2017, ashore is a jewellery shop with a difference, with a strong emphasis on providing collections which are contemporary, classic, innovative and affordable. Ashore is based and established in Bideford, North Devon since 2004.
We sell handmade own handmade necklaces, either made from frosted lucite flowers with soft micro fibre cord, or completely metal free, made from glass pendants with ceramic or wooden beads and adjustable cord.
Way of the Wharves is a Bideford based Maritime Heritage Charity. They created this stunning piece of informative art on the quayside wall, next to the Tarka the Otter sculpture. The 2-metre long, stainless steel interpretation panel tells the tale of East-the-Water’s historic wharves. Spanning