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
Market Toys is part of Market Music & Toys based in Bideford, Devon. We have traded from our physical shop for nearly 5 years now but have sold online since 2003.
I am a sole trading business which was established in 2002 in Butchers Row Bideford. We moved to Grenville Street in 2014. We now sell Model Railway items from track to trainsets & everything in between. We also sell Slotcar (mainly Scalextric) racing items from sets to individual bits of track.
Way of the Wharves is a volunteer lead community project researching and communicating the history of the the wharves at East the Water. Connected to Bideford by the long bridge East the Water has a long industrial history including: shipbuilding, lime kilns and horticulture, potteries and tobacco