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Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.

South West Coast PathPhoto Howard Senton / Pexels

Places to explore near Barnstaple StationBarnstaple

31 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.3 km N · spans 4 counties

Photo of North Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

North Devon

National Landscape near Appledore (Appledore)

Surf beaches and big dunes along the north Devon coast, with the coast path linking one sandy bay to the next

8.6 km W

Photo of Tapeley Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Appledore (Appledore), Devon, south west England.Highlight

Tapeley Park

House & garden near Appledore (Appledore)

Italian terraced gardens high above the Torridge estuary, with a permaculture forest garden alongside.

8.6 km SW

Photo of Appledore (Appledore), a village in Devon, south west England.Highlight

Appledore (Appledore)

Village

Seafaring village of narrow lanes and colourful cottages where the Taw and Torridge estuaries meet, with galleries on the quay.

9.3 km W · Devon

Photo of Arlington Court, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Combe Martin, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Arlington Court

House & garden near Combe Martin

A plain Regency house holding the National Trust's museum of horse-drawn carriages.

9.8 km NE

Photo of Pyne Arms, a gastropub near East Down (near Barnstaple), Devon, south west England.Highlight

Pyne Arms

Gastropub near East Down (near Barnstaple)

North Devon village pub near Exmoor and the coast.

9.9 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.4 km NW · spans 24 counties

Photo along the Tarka Trail, a 180-mile long-distance path in south west England.

Tarka Trail

Long-distance path

A figure-of-eight on Barnstaple through Tarka the Otter's north Devon — part riverside rail path, part moor, part coast, one leg by train.

0.6 km E · Devon & Somerset

Marwood Hill Gardens

Garden near Marwood

Twenty acres of lakes, bog garden and rare shrubs in a private valley near Barnstaple, open through the summer.

5.1 km N

Photo of the North Devon Heritage Coast, Devon, south west England.

North Devon

Heritage Coast near Braunton

A protected stretch of Heritage Coast in Devon.

7.2 km W

Instow

Village

Estuary village with a sandy beach looking across the Torridge to Appledore, reached in summer by a little passenger ferry.

8.1 km W · Devon

Everything else within 10 km (20) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.