Instow

Worth seeing in and around Instow

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Crow Point Lighthouse

   Braunton Burrows is a sand dune system on the North Devon coast. It is privately owned and forms part of the Christie Devon Estates Trust.

   2.4 km · lighthouse in North Devon, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Margaret

   The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is the Anglican parish church for Northam near Bideford in Devon, England. Dedicated to Saint Margaret, the church has been a Grade I listed building since 1951 and comes under the Diocese of Exeter.

   3.5 km · church in Northam, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   North Devon Maritime Museum

   The North Devon Maritime Museum is a museum situated in the estuary town of Appledore, Devon, England. Housed in Odun House, a Georgian Grade II listed building which has been the home of several ship owners and master mariners over the past 200 years, the museum opened in 1977.

   1.9 km · Museum in Devon, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   East-the-Water Cemetery

   East-the-Water Cemetery was the Church of England burial ground for East-the-Water, once a separate village but now a suburb of Bideford, in Devon, England. Located on Barnstaple Road, the cemetery as of 2018 is abandoned and neglected, and the Victorian cemetery chapel is a dangerous structure on the verge of collapse.

   3.9 km · burial ground in Bideford, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Torridge Bridge

   The Torridge Bridge is a 650-metre-long concrete bridge, situated broadly in an east-west direction, built in 1987 in Bideford, England over the River Torridge. The bridge provides a bypass to Bideford avoiding the Bideford Long Bridge.

   3.3 km · bridge · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Peter

   The Church of St Peter is the Anglican parish church for Fremington, now a suburb of nearby Barnstaple but at one time a separate village. There has been a church on the site since at least 1268 with the present structure mostly dating to the 13th and 15th-centuries.

   3.9 km · church in Fremington, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Mary's Church

   St Mary's Church is the parish church of Appledore. It sits on the Quay overlooking the River Torridge.

   1.9 km · parish church of Appledore, in Torridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints Chapel, Instow

   All Saints Chapel is a combined Church of England chapel and community centre in Instow, Devon, England.

   1 km · church in Instow, Devon · Wikipedia

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Getting to Instow

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 69 km · Bristol (BRS), 108 km · Birmingham (BHX), 228 km

Stations

Appledore railway station, 2.1 km

• Cardiff → Instow

  84 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £20–26
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• Bristol → Instow

  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–20
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• London → Instow

  286 km · quickest by road, 5h 23m · £30–40
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