Pickwell
Manor Farm
places to visit
in north devon
| Address | Season | Description | What? | Approx. distance | rainy day? |
last updated | |
| Putsborough Beach | Putsborough | all year | Our end of Woolacombe beach, with rock pools and beach hut café | Beach | < 01 miles |  |
Nov-09 |
| Woolacombe Beach | Woolacombe | all year | Blue flag sandy beach, 3 miles long and backed by sand dunes. | Beach | < 01 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Braunton Burrows | Braunton | all year | Largest sand dune system in UK, UNESCO Biosphere | Beach | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Tunnels Beaches | Bath Place, Ilfracombe | Easter - Oct | Hand carved tunnels leading to shelterd beach and victorian bathing pool | Beach | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Croyde Beach | Croyde | all year | Famous surfing beach | Beach | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Saunton Beach | Saunton | all year | Miles of golden sand next to Braunton Burrows | Beach | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Lundy Island Cruises | The Pier, Ilfracombe | Mar - Oct | MS Oldenberg cruises to Lundy, nature, birds, lighthouse, castle, pirate haunts | Cruise | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Wildlife Cruises | The Pier, Ilfracombe | Easter - Oct | Selection of coastal cruises to find seals, coves and nesting birds | Cruise | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Otter Cycle Hire | Station Rd, Braunton | Mar-Nov | Cycle hire next to Tarka Trail tel:01271 813339 |
Cycling | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| North Devon Festival | Various locations | June | Theatre, art and music festival | Event | < 05 miles |  |
Nov-09 |
| Ilfracombe Victorian Celebration | Ilfracombe | June | Celebrating Victorian life in Ilfracombe | Event | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Exmoor Safari | Exford, Exmoor | 2.5 hour tour of Exmoor by landrover | Exmoor tour | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| Elliott Gallery | Hillsview, Braunton | April - Oct | Exhibition Centre - sculpture, paintings and craftwork | Gallery | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Marwood Hill Gardens | Marwood, Barnstaple | Mar - Oct | Gardens, greenhouses and lakes | Garden | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| RHS Garden Rosemoor | Torrington | Rose, cottage, fruit and stream gardens, arboretums and woodland. tel:01805 624067 |
garden | < 40 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| Saunton Golf Club | Saunton | all year | Championship golf club with backdrop of Braunton Burrows | Golf | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Woolacombe & Mortehoe Golf Club | Mortehoe, Woolacombe | 9 hole course with sea views | Golf | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| Keypitts | Oxenpark Lane, Ilfracombe | Easter - Oct | Horse riding and quad biking centre | Horse Riding | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Mullacott Riding Centre | A361, Ilfracombe | all year | Horse riding | Horse Riding | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Woolacombe Riding Stables | Station Rd, Woolacombe | all year | Horse riding for ages 4 and over | Horse Riding | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Chambercombe Manor | Chambercombe, Ilfracombe | Easter - Oct | 14th Century 'haunted' manor house & tea garden | House | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Arlington Court | Arlington | all year - grounds; Mar-Oct - house | National Trust house, carriage collection , 'batcam' and gardens | House | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| North Devon Karting | Pottington, Barnstaple | all year (weekends only in winter) | Karting centre with family and adult karts | Karting | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Barnstaple Pannier Market | High St, Barnstaple | all year, Tues-Sat | crafts, collectables, antiques, general produce | Market | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Mortehoe Heritage Centre | Mortehoe, Woolacombe | Easter - Oct | Maritime history, children's puzzles, tractor rides in July and August | Museum | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Ilfracombe Aquarium | The Pier, Ilfracombe | all year (exc Christmas) | Underwater creatures from river to sea | Museum | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Braunton Museum | Caen St, Braunton | all year | Small museum of local history | Museum | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Ilfracombe Museum | Runnymede Gardens, Ilfracombe | April - Oct | Detailed natural history collection, plus displays on home life, Ilfracombe and lundy island | Museum | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Museum of Barnstaple | The Square, Barnstaple | all year (exc Christmas) | History of North Devon, hands on activities, quiz, exhibitions | Museum | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Barnstaple Heritage Centre | The Strand, Barnstaple | all year | Interactive exhibition with models and artefacts displaying 1000 years of Barnstaple's history | Museum | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Burton Art Gallery & Museum | Kingsley Rd, Bideford | Nov - March | Exhibitions and permanent collection | Museum | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Cobbaton Combat Collection | Cobbaton, Barnstaple | April - Oct, 7 days in July & Aug | Collection of military vehicles and wartime paraphenalia | Museum | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| North Devon Maritime Museum | Odun Rd, Appledore | Easter - Oct (pm) | Exhibitions on shipbuilding, sailmaking, navigation, WWII landings trials, fishing, wrecks | Museum | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Old Corn Mill & Pottery | Hele Bay, Ilfracombe | April - Oct | Restored watermill, pottery with chance to make your own pot, cream teas | Pottery | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Paint a Pot | Exeter Rd, Braunton | Ceramic studio | Pottery | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| North Devon Quads | Yarnscombe | all year, book in Winter | Quad biking, clay target shooting | Quads | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Lynton & Barnstaple Railway | A39, Parracombe | Feb - Dec (weekends only in winter) | Narrow guage railway with steam and diesel hauled trains | Railway | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Cliff Railway | Lynton | Feb - Nov | Victorian water powered lift between Lynton and Lymouth | Railway | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Quickstix Mobile Surfhire | Braunton | Surf equipment hire - delivered and collected | Surfing | < 01 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| Surf School | Croyde Bay | Easter - Oct | Surfing | < 02 miles | |
Nov-09 | |
| Surf school | Croyde Bay | Surfing | < 02 miles | |
Nov-09 | ||
| Watermouth Castle | A399, Ilfracombe | April - Oct | Family theme park in castle and grounds | Theme Park | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Funderzone | Eastern Avenue, Barnstaple | all year | Indoor adventure playground for under 12's | Theme Park | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Wildlife and Dinosaur Park | A39, Combe Martin | Mar - Oct | Animatronic dinosaurs, wildlife park, train ride | Theme Park | < 10 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Milky Way | A39, Clovelly | all year (weekends only in winter) | Adventure park with indoor and outdoor activities | Theme Park | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| The Big Sheep | A39, Bideford | all year (weekends only in winter) | Family theme park with indoor and outdoor attractions | Theme Park | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Tarka Trail | Braunton to Ilfracombe and across Devon | all year | 180 mile traffic free trail for cycling/walking inspired by Henry Williamson's 'Tarka the Otter'. | Trail | < 01 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Instow | Instow | all year | Sandy beach, boats, ferry to Appledore in season, on Tarka Trail | Village | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Clovelly | Clovelly | all year | Cobbled fishing village with preserved cottages, harbour and visitor centre | Village | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Lynton & Lynmouth | Lynton | all year | Fishing harbour, riverside walks through gorges, cliff railway | Village | < 30 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| South West Coast Path | Pickwell | all year | Coastal footpath, a few hundred yards from your door | Walk | < 01 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Baggy Point | Putsborough | all year | National Trust headland with fabulous views of Woolacombe beach and out to sea towards Lundy | Walk | < 01 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Morte Point | Mortehoe, Woolacombe | all year | National Trust Headland with rocky sea sprayed paths | Walk | < 05 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Hartland Peninsular | Hartland | all year | Moorland, woodland, coastal waterfalls, bays | Walk | < 40 miles | |
Nov-09 |
| Exmoor Zoo | Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple | all year | Zoo (children under 3 free) | Zoo | < 20 miles | |
Nov-09 |