We have just come back from our lovely holiday in North Devon (hence not many reviews recently!). I thought I would take the opportunity to review some of the places that we visited during the week. We actually stayed in a lodge in the forest, about 15 minutes drive from Bideford, but ended up spending a bit of time in the town, stocking up on supplies and sightseeing. Car parking is quite straightforward in Bideford, with some long and short stay car parks. There is a large Morrisons store as you enter the town, which has a very large car park, but obviously you are limited to how long you can park. There is a short stay car park ...  Read the complete review

We managed to arrive in bideford by accident. We were going somewhere else but got lost so decided to look round bideford instead. Parking was easy to find with the car park located net to the park. The car park was for both short and long stay. Shortly after we arrived we encounted a short heavy rain shower so dived into the local ourist information to take cover. Here there is a massive selction of leaflets for the area. When it stopped raining we moved on into the town to look in some shops. At the top of one of the hills (beware these hills can be quite steep) we found the pannier market. Inside the hall there were a variety of ...  Read the complete review

Well I have to be honest I cannot believe that no one has reviewed Bideford as of yet, I live about 10 miles away so I will give you an insight of Bideford as a local. Bideford is a small port town in North Devon, located on the river Torridge if you are interested. ----------------------------------The Town------------------------------------ It is small town with the main road running along the course of the river, there are usually ships on the quay with sailors working away, and fishers who are coming or going, which is quite nice. The town does not have the best shopping facilities in the world with few shops such as a Woolworths and that is ...  Read the complete review