Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 20, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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1.66 km

Rescue Helicopter Viewing Area

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7.19 km

Tarka Trail: Instow to Fremington

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The Tarka Trail is England's longest traffic free cycling and walking route. It stretches for just over 30 miles from Braunton to Meeth via Barnstaple.

The trail follows a disused …

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9.55 km

River Taw

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Running from Dartmoor into the Atlantic Sea, the River Taw is a wild and beautiful river. Home to various fish species such as recreational trout and sea trout, the area …

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12.4 km

Fremington Quay Café

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Now a cycling centre with bikes for hire.

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15.1 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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18.3 km

Instow Signal Box

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18.9 km

Tarka Trail: Fremington to Barnstaple

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Use your bell loud and clear on the TarkaTrail as some walkers like me are deaf, we can all live together but remember us please

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21.5 km

View of Bideford and the River Torridge

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From this vantage point you can see Bideford and Bideford Bridge as you look over the River Torridge.

Bideford has plenty of cafes, restaurants, pubs, hotels, B&Bs for a pit stop, meal stop or overnight break.

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22.8 km

Bideford Bridge

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Large flocks of starlings can be seen in late summer after riding under the bridge. The bridge offers great views along Bideford Quay and on the Torridge Bridge.

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45.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.8 km

8.41 km

886 m

427 m

367 m

295 m

Surfaces

39.5 km

4.88 km

623 m

135 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 4 May

16°C

9°C

28 %

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