Bideford Railway Heritage Centre

Heritage railway

Walk past here often on the Tarka trail. Lovely little heritage station, with a snack carriage selling parties, sausage rolls and drinks, open every day except Wednesday. From here you can walk al...

Great site and a lovely café.

I was visited twice in March 2023. Initially as part of a walk around the town. On that occasion, I walked around the exterior of the old station office and up the slope on the signal box side. The pl...

Nice set-up.

Friendly volunteer staff. Interactive signal box. Refreshments available at a reasonable price. Being rebuilt after another vandal attack. No train today as a result.

Not a lot to see - yet - but support them!

Enjoyed a coffee and chat in the old railway cafe carriage. So much more to do but it’s encouraging to see a good start has been made in the signal box Would be great if the hotel would allow the h...

Interesting little railway museum.

We were staying close by in the Royal Hotel and noticed that some of the Heritage Centre volunteers had arrived for a Wednesday working party. The volunteers were happy to show me around the site incl...