West Country Travel Guides

Train Stations

The station is situated 600 yards from Barnstaple centre. Booking office opening times are 06:40 to 18:15 Monday to Saturday and 10:10 to 17:40...

Burrow Farm Gardens

Prior Park Landscape Garden

Created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen, with advice from both the pioneer of landscape gardens the poet Alexander Pope and...

The Old Mill (National Trust)

A beautiful example of a historical industrial mill. Historically the site was a water mill used to grind grain for the local parish, today the...

Transport Travel Guide

The north Devon region is easily accessible from all directions by road, rail, air and sea.

To fly to north Devon the closest airport to...

ACI Flights & Airlines

Operate low cost flights to the Channel Islands from Bournemouth Airport, Brighton City, St Brieuc plus inter-island flights between Jersey...

Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory (National Trust)

The priests who lived here served the Chapel of St Nicholas (now destroyed). The Great Hall is open to visitors.No WC

Heligan Gardens

Heligan Gardens has been home of the Tremayne family for more than 400 years and is one of the most mysterious estates in England. The gardens are...

Ferries

Approximately 120 miles to the east of Plymouth, Poole Port is an easy drive to Devon if travelling from Europe by ferry.

Superfast...

Glendurgan Garden

This valley garden of great beauty was created in the 1820s and developed over many years by the Fox family.

Running down to the tiny...

RHS Garden Rosemoor

Set deep in the lovely North Devon countryside, RHS Garden Rosemoor is a garden of national importance. Lady Anne Berry gifted Rosemoor to the RHS...

Sandymouth Bay

Sandymouth Bay is a magnificent Cornish sandy beach bordered by pebbles and protected by colossal cliffs, providing the perfect place to getaway...

Transport Travel Guide

The far tip of the Cornish peninsula is easy to travel to by road, rail, air and sea. With Lands End, the most southerly place in England, the...

Trelawney

Trelawney Garden Centre was founded in 1970 and is situated just outside Wadebridge on the A389.

The garden centre is a pleasurable...

Transport to ACI

The airport is just one mile from St. Anne's, the capital & main town of Alderney. The island itself is only one and a half miles wide...

The Godolphin Estate

The Trust acquired this ancient estate of 222 hectares (555 acres) in 2000; improvements to public access continue to be made. From Godolphin Hill...

Coleridge Cottage

The world famous poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge called this cottage home for three years from 1797. There are a number of mementos of the poet on...

Driving

The Bristol and Bath area has excellent road links to all of the UK.

The M4 passes to the north of Bristol as it travels east/ west, from...

Bristol International Airport

Bristol International airport is a rapidly growing airport offering scheduled flights to over 30 destinations throughout the UK & Europe. In...

Coaches

Newquay Bus Station, 1 East Street, Newquay, TR7 1DW

Open Monday to Thursday 08:15 to 21:00, Friday 08:00 to 17:30, Saturday 08:30 to...

Buses

The area is served by two main bus companies, First Group and Stagecoach Devon covering extensive routes with regular buses throughout the week....

The Church House (National Trust)

Originally a place where 'church ales' were held in the 16th and 17th centuries ('ales' being parish festivities raising funds...

Ferries

Plymouth, just over the River Tamar, is the closest European ferry departure point for south-west Cornwall, offering ferries to France, Spain and...

Avebury Stone Circle

One of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe and spread over a vast area, much of which is under Trust protection. The great stone...

Flights

To fly to South Devon and Dartmoor, two main airports serve the region, Exeter Airport and Plymouth City Airport.

Plymouth City Airport...

Trains

The Bristol to Penzance mainline runs along the Cornish peninsula's southern coastline, through the city of Exeter. From Exeter on the south...

Tintinhull Garden

Created last century around a 17th-century manor house, the garden features small pools, varied borders and secluded lawns, all neatly enclosed...

Ferries

For ferries to east Cornwall the closest ferry terminal is to be found at Plymouth port, which is located at Millbay Docks on the south coast of...

Lundy

Undisturbed by cars, the island encompasses a small village with an inn and Victorian church, and the 13th-century Marisco Castle. ...

Treasurer's House (National Trust)

The Great Hall was completed in 1293 and the solar block, with an interesting wall painting, is even earlier. There is also a kitchen added in the...