Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cycling Tour
Tarka Trail
Start
Barnstaple Train Station
End
Barnstaple Train Station
Length
18 miles; four hours
Hire bikes at
Tarka Trail Cycle Hire
at Barnstaple train station. This tranquil, level, car-free route shadows
the immense, sand-fringed River Taw, and combines cycling with paddling and birdwatching.
From Barnstaple train station, pick up Tarka Trail signs south towards Bideford and Meeth. Soon you're amid a
lush landscape framed by the Taw and
salt marshes
; prime grazing land and a sea bass nursery. You're cyc-
