Bideford RFC is a traditional family club with great values. We run a wide variety of teams, ranging from primary school, to secondary school, and upwards.
We meet informally in the Joiners' Arms 6 Market Street, Bideford on the first Tuesday of every month, at 7.30 pm. Our informal café meetings are at The Pannier Pantry at the Custom House, 1 Bridgeland Street on the third Thursday of each month, at 11.00 am. All are welcome to these meetings and to
Our experienced and passionate team offer parent & baby swimming lessons from 8 weeks’ old; one to one classes; additional needs classes; adult classes; stroke corrective classes; ability based group classes; safety focus week; holiday swimming lessons; mini water polo; mini synchronised swimming
The Powerhouse Gym is Bidefords leading strength training facility. As an independent private gym, The Powerhouse provides high quality and comfortable training areas to deliver uncompromised and uninterrupted training space.
Bideford canoe club BCC is an active family-friendly canoe club based in Ropewalk Bideford. The club provides a focus for the sport of canoeing and kayaking for local people, particularly young people and families, on an inclusive basis.
The Bideford Railway Heritage Centre has restored the railway. The railway opened in 1855, being extended from Barnstaple and ran onwards to Torrington in 1871. For many years direct trains ran to and from London Waterloo, including the famous “Atlantic Coast Express.” Sadly the line fell victim of