GuideMeTo Woolacombe - activities, attractions, accommodation & travel directions to Woolacombe, Devon

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Internet Travel Guide to Woolacombe featuring activities, attractions and things to do in Woolacombe. Accommodation Database for Woolacombe hotels, Woolacombe guest houses and Woolacombe self catering accommodation.

Woolacombe, Devon

Woolacombe is situated on the rugged North Devon Atlantic Coastline. Set in a steep valley, the three mile sandy beach at Woolacombe is ideal for watersports including surfing and body boarding with rolling waves that have built up over several thousand miles of open sea crashing up the beach.

Once Woolacombe was just a farm, today it is a thriving holiday resort with a number of popular tourist attractions including pitch and putt, latest arcade games and fruit machines, crazy golf, hover boats and racing cars to keep the children amused for hours. There are a number of pubs and clubs in the village as well as restaurants, cafes and takeaways selling good food at reasonable prices. A number of festivals are held in Woolacombe throughout the year for your entertainment.

Woolacombe is an ideal base from where to visit other resorts in North Devon such as Ilfracombe and Croyde and also further afield such as Torquay and Paignton in South Devon. Woolacombe is also an ideal location to visit the larger Devon towns of Barnstaple and Exeter.


How to get to Woolacombe by Car, Coach and Train

If you are travelling by car, take the M5 motorway to Junction 27 and then follow the A361 through Barnstaple following the signs for Ilfracombe. You can plan your journey using the RAC route planner in advance - use the RAC link below to plan your journey now.

Alternatively use may wish to take the train. The nearest train station to Woolacombe is Barnstaple. Barnstaple is connected to the main rail network by changing trains at Exeter St. Davids. Great Western Trains operate a fast and frequent service from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids. Virgin Trains offer fast and frequent services from all major UK destinations to Exeter St Davids. Both companies operate services right throughout the year.

You may wish to travel to Woolacombe by coach. A number of independent operators operate services to Woolacombe throughout the summer season. National Express operate direct coach services to nearby Ilfracombe and Barnstaple throughout the year.

If you wish to make enquiries now with certain operators please use the links provided.










Accommodation in Woolacombe

There are a number of hotels and guest houses in Woolacombe at affordable prices. There are also caravan and camping sites offering self catering accommodation.

 
 


High Ways House

Mullacott Cross

Woolacombe

Devon

EX34 8NY

Tel: 01271 863821

 


 

Seen from miles around and in sight of sea and moor, High Ways House is the ideal North Devon location to explore or just relax. Offering bed and breakfast with evening meal options, this non-smoking, licensed Guest House is situated in secluded grounds just five minutes drive from the award winning beach of Woolacombe, the harbour of Ilfracombe and the cliff top village of Mortehoe. Open all year round B&B rates start from £22.50.

 




Narracott Grand Hotel
Woolacombe
Devon
EX34 7BS



The Narracott Hotel is set in Devon's glorious countryside.




Sunnymeade Country Hotel

Dean Cross

Woolacombe

Devon

EX34 8NT




The Sunnymeade Country House Hotel is set in a valley between Braunton, Ilfracombe and Woolacombe.



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