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bistro overflow with local, organic produce, including Lundy Island crab, Exmoor Red
Ruby beef and free-range chicken. Dishes are infused with Mediterranean flavours - they
even make their own air-dried chorizo with free-range pork from a farm just 4 miles away.
The evening jazz and tapas buffets are a snip at £13.50.
Information
Barnstaple Tourist Office
(
01271-375000;
www.staynorthdevon.co.uk
;
The Square;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat)
Getting There & Away
BUS
National Express
Includes services to London, Bristol and Birmingham.
Bus 21
(two per hour) Runs to Ilfracombe (40 minutes), via Braunton.
Bus 118
(two to six daily) Goes to Tavistock (1 ½ hours) via Bideford and Okehampton.
Bus 315
(seven daily, Monday to Saturday) Runs to Exeter (2¼ hours) via Bideford (25
minutes).
TRAIN
Tarka Line
runs to Exeter (£10, 1 hr 15min, hourly Monday to Saturday, six on Sunday).
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Bideford, Appledore & Around
POP 17,110
The graceful expanse of the Taw-Torridge estuary has shaped the communities along its
banks for centuries and still does. Businesslike Bideford stretches along a river quay, with
shops, pubs and houses on the hills behind.
Three miles down river, pretty Appledore provides expansive views over miles of wide
water towards distant clusters of white houses and shifting sand dunes. Lined with flower
boxes and pastel-painted terraces, some of its streets are too narrow for cars; its an unusu-
ally tranquil place.
Sights
