Barnstaple Town Centre :: Accommodation Guide

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If you've watched "Down to Earth" with Pauline Quirke and Warren Clarke on BBC One TV then you've already seen quite a lot of Great Torrington (there's a "Little" and a "Black" one too!).

Apart from being the home of some of North Devon's most famous visitor attractions - like Dartington Crystal, the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Rosemoor and new for 2000, the Civil War experience of "Torrington 1646", this pretty market town has much, much more to set it apart.

A random collection of reasons to visit my home town of Great Torrington might include any number of things - here are just one or two for you to choose from:

How about Great Torrington's pannier market - restored to its glass-roofed Victorian charm and bustle, full of local produce, craft stalls and curiosities.

It's open every weekday with special events each Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Then there's the terrifyingly steep drop from Castle Hill down to the sparkle of the river Torridge as it flows down towards Bideford, beside the Tarka Trail cycle and footpath.

And what about the brooding stone obelisk half-way down the hill - erected to commemorate the heroes of Waterloo by "the ladies of Great Torrington" - now there's exercise for the imagination!

Black Horse Inn, High St 01805 622121
Newmarket Inn, 10 South St 01805 622289
No Place, Ebberly 01769 560879
Windsor House, New Road 01805 623529
Wyburn House, New St 01805 623428

Click on Tourism for information on the area, Attractions for what to do and where to go, Food and Drink on what to eat when you get there, Leisure... well relax and think about that one and the Town Centre to shop till you drop!