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What to do and see in Barnstaple, England: The Best Nature & Parks
Barnstaple (/ˈbɑːrnstəbəl/ ( listen) or /ˈbɑːrnstəpəl/) is the main town of North Devon, England and possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom. It is a former river port, located at the lowest crossing point of the River Taw, flowing into the Bristol Channel.
Restaurants in Barnstaple
1. Heddon Valley
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 203 reviews
Reviewed By O8035DBannet - Barnstaple, United Kingdom
Beautiful walk down to the beach....it's how become National trust property.... Gutters inn is great for a drink and food to warm up at this time of year....
2. Exmoor Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,626 reviews
Winner of FSB Family business 2019,Winner of the Legacy award ,Best Family Business 2017, Gold award for best attraction in the South-west 2012, Exmoor Zoo has become an ideal family day out. The zoo has established a good rapport with the North Devon community and offers a very hand on experience.Activities run throughout the day (every half hour in summer), meet a bird eating spider, hold a snake, feed wallabies), meet some of the zoos friendly furry animals and go to all the talks and feeding sessions!Home to the “Exmoor Beast” (a pair of black leopards), Puma, Cheetah, Maned wolves, monkeys and lots of other unusual animals like Tamandua, Fishing cats, Tapir, Singing dogs and Binturong to just name a few! The zoo is a living place with changes all the time; no visit is ever quite the same.Useful information:• Disabled access (wheelchair provision and scooter hire)• Activities through out the day• Cafeteria• Children’s playground• Undercover picnic areas• Zoo trail.
Reviewed By red_snowUK - Marlow, United Kingdom
We are staying in the area for Christmas and found Exmoor Zoo on TA. What a gem of a Zoo, a great range of species from reptiles to big cats to wildfowl to primates and a wide range of mammals including the lovely and rare in Europe, singing dogs What I really liked was seeing a lot of the more unusual species and how close you get to large cats as they devour their meat. I saw new enclosures being built for new species as well. A great find, really enjoyable and great for close up observations ..... including a “beast of exmoor”
3. Blakewell
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
Waterside cafe and tea rooms on a working trout farm: Come and feed the fish, catch your own supper enjoy our lovely gardens and ponds while having a cream tea, specalist coffee or a light lunch such as our home made smoked trout pate salad. we are also a premier trout fishery & have a beautiful 5 acre lake stocked with hard fighting Rainbow & Brown trout from 2 to 20 pounds!
4. Rock Park
5. Broomhill Sculpture Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 373 reviews
Reviewed By 39lizr
Wonderful sculpture trail set in beautiful woodland garden and meadow. Dizzying amount and variety of sculpture in every corner plus a sculpture competition to vote in. Lovely walks to make sure you see it all. Then you can get coffee and came in the hotel aterwards.
6. Barnstaple - Short Estuary Walk
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 47 reviews
A 2.6 mile South West Coast Path walk mostly on a level tarmac path along the Taw Estuary. Look out for wildfowl and waterbirds as you walk past saltmarsh and tiny rocky beaches to the Tarka Inn. For dedicated walkers, the route continues through a once-bustling port and around marshland reclaimed from the sea, to Braunton Burrows.
7. Ashford Barnstaple - A Wyevale Garden Centre
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 105 reviews
Reviewed By Bob2470 - Barnstaple, United Kingdom
Light, bright and friendly, a brilliant venue to meet friends and family for lunch and to browse the impressive variety of goods and plants on offer. The restaurant food is excellent, served by attentive staff. In all, a pleasurable way to spend a couple of hours no matter the weather. St.Johns are to be congratulated for turning this garden centre around and putting it back on the local must visit list.
8. RSPB Isley Marsh
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 3 reviews
Made up of saltmarsh and intertidal mudflats on the southern edge of the Taw Torridge estuary and lies within the estuary SSSI. It is an important haven for undisturbed feeding and resting birds, especially the wintering flocks of ducks and waders, including curlew, greenshank, dunlin, little egret and spoonbill. No parking for 2 miles. The Tarka Trail runs along the south side of the reserve.
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