Best Barnstaple Walks |
Select Your Walk | Walk 1 (1.6 miles) | Walk 2 (1.7 miles) | Walk 3 (2.6 miles) |
Barnstaple Heritage Trail | River Walk | River & Barnstaple |
The annual Barnstaple Fair Ceremony is taking place on the 3rd Wednesday in September.
These walks are intended to capture its historic charm.
![]() | Pay & Display Car Park at Barnstaple |
![]() | SATNAV Holland Street Postcode:EX31 1DT |
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Walk 1 Barnstaple Heritage Trail (1.6 miles)
Difficulty:
This delightful and easy walk explores its key attractions.
Barnstaple can be traced back to the Romans who may have given it its name (Barum).
The Walk
A Building of 'Queen Anne's Walk', now a Heritage Centre, is well worth a visit when open! Merchants used to conduct their business between the columns.
B Albert Memorial Clock Tower built in 1862 , a year after Prince Albert died.
C Rock Park named after William Frederick Rock a wealthy printer and benefactor.
D The Inn on the Square (Victorian)
E Butchers Row & Pannier Market .based on the Victorian idea of having butchers on one side of the road, and a place for marketers with baskets (panniers) on the other.
F South Gate on High Street
G Castle Green & Castle Mount - not much remains of the motte and bailey castle dating back to William the Conqueror.
Walk 2 River Walk (1.7 miles)
Difficulty:
An easy and most enjoyable walk along the river Taw following public footpaths and cycleways.
Walk 3 River & Barnstaple (2.6 miles)
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This delightful and easy walk combines walks 1 & 2 ; it follows the river Taw and explores Barnstaples historic sites.
Walks near Barnstaple | |
Clovelly | |
![]() | A popular walk to this famous village with its cobbled, traffic-free street so steep that sledges are used to transport goods up and down the hill. |
Ilfracombe | |
![]() | Enjoy short and easy walks along a dramatic coastline. |
Combe Martin | |
![]() | Exploring the highest point of the South West Coast Path. |
Bideford | |
![]() | Find out about Bideford's exciting past by following our Town Trail and enjoy a pub walk to Appledore. |
Arlington Court | |
![]() | Exploring a scenic countryside |
Appledore | |
![]() | Great walks hrough a landscape designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. |