Other sightAppledore Lifeboat Station
RNLI station at the end of Irsha Street; a lifeboat has been based at Appledore since 1825.
- Bideford, Appledore & Westward Ho!, Lundy
25 places from our Lundy guide, from Bideford, Appledore & Westward Ho! to Lundy island. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
Attractions
25 places
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Other sightRNLI station at the end of Irsha Street; a lifeboat has been based at Appledore since 1825.
Other sightQuay at the mouth of the Torridge in Appledore, lined with houses and boats.
Cemetery on the highest point of the island, used for at least 1,500 years, with early inscribed stones.
Other sightGrade I listed bridge across the Torridge, 677 feet long with 24 arches; in 1790 it was the longest bridge in Devon.
MuseumArt gallery and museum in Victoria Park, with collections on Bideford's history and changing exhibitions.
Other sightCivil War gun platform in East-the-Water, rebuilt in the 19th century as a stone viewpoint over the town.
Other sightOne of the three walls that cross the island, completed in the early 19th century; Quarter Wall is older.
Park or nature
Other sightThe only beach where boats can land, sheltered from westerly winds, with the jetty and a road built in 1838.
CastleCastle above the Landing Bay, named after the island's 13th-century lords; Henry III ordered a stone tower here.
MuseumMaritime museum in Odun House, a Georgian house in Appledore once home to ship owners and master mariners.
Other sightLighthouse at the northern tip, completed in 1897; the last keepers left in 1976 and it now runs on solar power.
Other sightLighthouse of 1819-20 designed by Daniel Alexander; so high that cloud often hid it, it was replaced by two new lights in 1897.
Other sightVictorian covered market with small artisan stalls along Butchers Row; there has been a market on the site since 1675.
Other sightLargest pond on the island, built to store water through the often dry summers.
Other sightWorking lighthouse of 1897 at the south-east tip, one of the two lights that replaced the Old Light.
Cathedral or church
Cathedral or church
Cathedral or church
Other sightFog signal station of 1863 low on the western cliffs, where two cannon fired a blank shot every 10 minutes.
Other sightSeries of narrow fissures on the west side; tradition links them to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but geologists doubt it.
Other sightAdmiralty signal station of 1909 on a high point of the island, now a Landmark Trust holiday cottage.
Other sightOne of the 1860s granite quarries, with a memorial to John Pennington Harman VC, who died at Kohima in 1944.
Park or natureTown park opened in 1912, with a bandstand surrounded by nine cannons and listed entrance gates.
Other sightSeawater swimming pool on the beach at Westward Ho!, refilled by the tide.
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