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Tarka Trail – River Taw loop from Weare Giffard

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Tarka Trail – River Taw loop from Weare Giffard

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Tarka Trail – River Taw loop from Weare Giffard

03:10

54.4km

220m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 58 m for 20 m

After 54.4 km for 20 m

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Parking

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5.43 km

Tarka Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

Covering 180 miles (290 km) through Devon, the Tarka Trail is one of the longest traffic-free bike paths in the UK. There's a lot more to it than just this …

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7.43 km

View of Bideford and the River Torridge

Highlight • River

From this vantage point you can see Bideford and Bideford Bridge as you look over the River Torridge.

Bideford has plenty of cafes, restaurants, pubs, hotels, B&Bs for a pit stop, meal stop or overnight break.

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9.63 km

Tarka Trail: Fremington to Barnstaple

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Use your bell loud and clear on the TarkaTrail as some walkers like me are deaf, we can all live together but remember us please

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10.6 km

Instow Signal Box

Highlight • Historical Site

16.5 km

Fremington Quay Café

Highlight • Rest Area

Now a cycling centre with bikes for hire.

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19.4 km

River Taw

Highlight • River

Running from Dartmoor into the Atlantic Sea, the River Taw is a wild and beautiful river. Home to various fish species such as recreational trout and sea trout, the area …

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27.2 km

Rescue Helicopter Viewing Area

Viewpoint

32.8 km

Tarka Trail: Instow to Fremington

Highlight • Trail

The Tarka Trail is England's longest traffic free cycling and walking route. It stretches for just over 30 miles from Braunton to Meeth via Barnstaple.

The trail follows a disused …

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40.6 km

Isley Marsh Nature Reserve

Highlight • Lake

This area of saltmarsh and intertidal mudflats on the Taw and Torridge estuary has become an important haven for birds such as teal, curlew, greenshank, dunlin, and spoonbills. The nature reserve is maintained by the RSPB.

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54.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.7 km

673 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

48.2 km

5.56 km

717 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Saturday 23 May

26°C

9°C

0 %

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Tarka Trail – River Taw loop from Weare Giffard

Tarka Trail

View of Bideford and the River Torridge

Tarka Trail: Fremington to Barnstaple

Instow Signal Box

Fremington Quay Café

River Taw

Tarka Trail: Instow to Fremington

Isley Marsh Nature Reserve

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