This walk uses part of the Tarka Trail from Barnstaple to Landkey, although generally easy and based on the urban centre of Barnstaple, follows a length of the route not so readily associated with the Tarka Trail. It is designed to use the regular local bus service to return to Barnstaple.
Barnstaple is the hub of public transport for northern Devon and is well served by buses from all over this part of the County. It is also at the end of the Tarka Line branch railway from Exeter.
The walk is designed to use the local bus service between Landkey and Barnstaple. The buses generally run at half-hourly intervals Mondays to Saturdays but Sunday services are more limited, and may not run on winter Sundays.
The Clock Tower was built in 1862 as a memorial to Prince Albert.
The stone commemorates the opening of the park by William Rock, who donated the land for its establishment in the 1870s.
This bridge once carried a railway line linking the Taunton line with that to and from Exeter and Bideford. It now carries one of the cycle routes in Barnstaple’s network.
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