Art and Culture

The team running Bideford’s community art, education and heritage project – Way of the Wharves – created this stunning piece of informative art on the quayside wall, next to the Tarka the Otter sculpture.

The Burton Art Gallery and Museum is over 65 years old. With its friendly team of staff and volunteers, it has been celebrating, exhibiting and nurturing all kinds of artists since being established on 31 October, 1951 by Thomas Burton and Hubert Coop.

The Pannier Market was built in 1884 to house a fish market, butchery stalls and corn exchange. It is very much still the heart of town and runs Tuesdays through to Saturdays, whilst Butchers’ Row is open Monday to Saturday.

One of the longest medieval bridges in England, being 677 feet (222 yards) long with 24 arches.

The Heritage Centre is at Bideford’s former railway station. 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

Who would of thought, a meeting on a cold miserable February day, could turn out so well, with just one random idea? Tonia Quance of Businesses of Bideford (B.O.B) thought how wonderful it would be to have our very own bronze Tarka in Bideford. After much fund raising, and with the help of many

Opened in 1912 to celebrate Queen Victoria's reign, Victoria Park is one of the jewels in Bideford's crown; any Bidefordian will tell you how lucky we are to have a park of this calibre in the heart of the town.