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In addition the larger part of this coast has also been designated as a part of the North Devon and Hartland Heritage Coasts. [4] The popular national trail, the South West Coast Path, runs the entire length of the bay. [5] There are car parks for visitors at Croyde, Saunton, Braunton Burrows, Northam Burrows, Westward Ho! and Clovelly.
Northam (/ ˈ n ɔː r ð əm / NOR-dhəm) is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in Devon, England, lying north of Bideford.The civil parish also includes the villages of Westward Ho!, Appledore, West Appledore, Diddywell, Buckleigh and Silford, and the residential areas of Orchard Hill and Raleigh Estate.
In 1881 Bideford Town Council purchased the manorial rights for the market from the Cleveland Family [5] who had refused to pay for further repairs and improvements, and between 1883 and 1884 the Council demolished the old structure and built a new market to a design by Newton Abbot-based architect J. Chudley.
In ancient records Bideford is recorded as Bedeford, Byddyfrod, Bedyford, Bydeford, Bytheford and Biddeford.The etymology of the name means "by the ford," [3] and records show that, before there was a bridge, there was a ford at Bideford where River Torridge is estuarine; and at low tide, it is possible (but not advisable) to cross the river by wading on foot.
Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows. There is an electoral ward with the same name.
A scheme for building this railway was suggested as early as 1860 with a bridge across the Torridge and stations at Northam, Appledore, Clovelly, Hartland and Bude. In 1866 a start was actually made on a line to run to Appledore with a branch to Westward Ho!, however soon after a full 'first sod cutting ceremony' by the Earl of Iddesleigh, the contractors went bankrupt and the project was ...
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