- Difficulty
- Easy
Easy walking
- Start
- Instow
- Finish
- Westward Ho!
- Length
- 8.0 miles (12.9 km)
- Summary
The easy walking along this section of the Coast Path allows for plenty of opportunity to enjoy the wide range of plants and birds inhabiting the grassland and dunes of the Taw/Torridge Estuary. Follow the old railway trackbeds along the Tarka Trail to the preserved station at East-the-Water, where you cross the Torridge and follow it up the other side to Appledore and Northam Burrows SSSI. From here it's a gentle stroll across Northam Burrows into Westward Ho!
- Public Transport
National Express coach number 502 runs from Taunton to Barnstaple and First Great Western trains run regularly from Exeter to Barnstaple, where you can catch the hourly First North Devon bus number 1 to Instow, and on to Bideford, Northam and Westward Ho! For details visit Traveline or phone 0870 6082608.
- Nearest car park
Instow Sands (Postcode for Sat Navs: EX39 4HX), Bideford, Appledore, Northam Burrows Country Park and Westward Ho!
- Nearest toilets
Instow, Bideford, Appledore, Northam Burrows Country Park and Westward Ho!
- Nearest refreshments
There are shops, pubs, restaurants and cafes in Instow, Bideford, East-the-Water, Appledore and Westward Ho!