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
Overlooking the River Torridge, this old-world pub with rooms dates back to the mid-1500s. It’s a 7-minute walk from the Burton Art Gallery and Museum, and 3 miles from both the beach and Northam Burrows Country Park and the Royal North Devon Golf Club. A stone's throw away from us is the Tarka
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