Attractions in Barnstaple

Buckets and spades at the ready and create your sandcastle masterpiece. It's a fantastic day out with family, friends or colleagues. The day has got something for everyone - whether you want to take part in a fun team-building exercise or just want to soak up the sun.

At the Ifracombe Aquarium you can learn about the river and sea ecology of the local area from the source of the river to the coast and on the island of Lundy.

Learn to surf with the North Devon surf school, one of the top surfing schools in the UK. Based at Westward Ho! beach offering surfing lessons, surfing courses and equipment hire.

Paintball can be enjoyed by nearly everyone, running games on a superb 20 acre woodland site since 1988. Our experience, state of the art equipment and focus on safety means players of all ages and abilities can get on with the serious business of having fun.

Among the many attractions are: sheep dog trials, laser games, pony rides, petting zoo, self-drive tractors, sheep shearing, lamb feeding, horse whispering, mountain boarding, sheep racing, duck trials, nursery barn, pottery and for the adults a brewery!

Over 30 miles of the Tarka Trail is available to cyclists between Braunton and Meeth, using the old railways of North Devon. Passing through the largely unspoilt countryside as it was described by Henry Williamson in his classic novel ‘Tarka the Otter’ first published in 1927.