Instow Beach – Fremington Quay Café loop from Bideford

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Instow Beach – Fremington Quay Café loop from Bideford

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Instow Beach – Fremington Quay Café loop from Bideford

05:39

22.0km

90m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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410 m

Chudleigh Fort

Highlight • Historical Site

Chudleigh Fort is a Civil War fortification built in 1642. The five-sided platform has 14 openings for cannons with stone-rubble retaining wall and parapet. It stands in a public park …

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860 m

Bideford Railway Heritage Centre

Highlight • Historical Site

Bideford Railway Heritage Centre manages the Bideford station site and Instow signal box, both of which are on the former railway line from Barnstaple to Bideford in north Devon. The …

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4.89 km

Instow Station on the Tarka Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

Flat and easy to ride trail, we picked it up in Barnstaple and followed to Bideford. I am sure there are lovely views across the Estuary however we didn't get …

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5.56 km

Instow Beach

Highlight • Beach

The free parking along the road is only for 1hr with no return for 1hr go at 17:01

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6.24 km

Oyster Shack Café

Highlight • Restaurant

Super nice little outdoor coffee hut that also does a variety of really nice looking seafood dishes like mussels, oysters, crab and lobster. Coffee and cakes were good, didn't eat …

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11.3 km

Fremington Quay Café

Highlight • Rest Area

Now a cycling centre with bikes for hire.

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14.0 km

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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18.7 km