The Area

Hill Farm as its name suggests is set high up on a hill with acres of common land surrounding it. The views look out across to neighbouring villages and to the small Civil War Town of Great Torrington. Dartington Crystal, Rosemoor Gardens, 1646 Living Museum, Torrington Golf Course, Instow Beach are all within easy reach as is the Tarka Trail for Cyclists and walkers only.

The Eden Project, huge covered conservatories, or Biomes as they call them, you can visit the majestic rainforests, the Mediterranean, South Africa and California in a giant crater, in St. Austell, Cornwall, approx. 1 ½ hrs drive away, why not pay it a visit.

A nine-hole golf course is within easy walking distance of Hill Farm and reservoir fishing is nearby with permits readily available.

Less than 10 miles away, the coastline provides contrasting attractions. There are sailing, fishing and a sandy beach at Instow, surfing at Westward Ho! And lofty cliffs and headlands along the rocky fringes of Bideford Bay.

• Great Torrington the Cavalier Town.

• This friendly, welcoming town, set in the heart of rolling, unspoilt green countryside, has become well recognised as an important heritage centre for the history of the 17th century. Torrington has a significant role in the English Civil War, specifically. The Battle of Great Torrington in 1646 marked the end of the Royalist resistance in the West Country. This led to the eventual defeat and execution of King Charles 1.

• Pannier Market

• Situated right in the centre of Great Torrington, the traditional Victorian Pannier Market has been refurbished in style. Typical of a country market town, it is an ideal venue for relaxed shopping all under cover. It houses 14 shops and craft workshops, open from Monday to Sunday and includes a large Market Hall, Thursdays and Saturdays are general market days, with a terrific selection of produce available at sensible prices. On Fridays there is an Antiques and Collectibles Market.

• The Tarka Trail

• A 180-mile cycling and walking track passes through deep wooded valleys and riverside tracks and has some of the most attractive scenery in the region. Bicycles can be hired on the route or bring your own to Hill Farm where we have a lock-up garage to store them when not in use

• Bideford 'The Little White Town'

• Its architecture and historic associations has changed little from when Charles Kingsley lived in the area nearly 150 years ago. Kingsley's statue, located adjacent to the Tourist Information Centre, serves as a permanent reminder of this famous resident and the time he spent here writing part of his well-known novel Westward Ho!

  Bideford is both a thriving market town and working port with much to offer visitors to the region. Amongst the many buildings and places of interest you will find the historic covered Pannier Market, dating from 1883, which holds a market every Tuesday and Saturday. Alongside the history you will find modern shopping amenities, a wide

  choice of bars and restaurants, entertainment and a tremendous range of visitor attractions for the young and not so young! Just up the road is Atlantic Village, a shopping complex selling cut price Designer label goods and fashionable items, outside is a large outdoor children's adventure play area.

• Appledore & Instow

• The traditional fishing village of Appledore is situated on the River Torridge, home to a picturesque harbour the village still maintains its links with shipbuilding within the privately owned Appledore Shipyards. Alongside the cobbled streets and quaint fishermen's cottages there is a community of artists with galleries of local art and crafts and the village's past is reflected by the location here of the North Devon Maritime Museum.

  River cruises can be taken from the Quay where there is also a summer ferry across the estuary to Instow, which boasts a thriving yacht club and a long stretch of sandy beach.

Appledore viewed from Instow

• Westward Ho!

• The name Westward Ho! was born out of Charles Kingsley's imagination. As a child he had lived for several years in Clovelly, where his father was Rector.

  Westward Ho! is a popular tourist destination. The large expanse of sandy beach is well known for its pebble ridge, which runs for three miles. Potwalloping is an ancient custom here - the locals all meet on the beach and move the pebbles back onto the ridge to prevent the sea encroaching onto the famous burrows of Northam Burrows Country Park.

• Clovelly

• Clovelly is one of Britains prettiest villages with its cottages lining the famous cobbled streets which lead to a 14th Century Harbour.

• Hartland

• Hartland has stunning cliff top walks along the South West Coast Path.

• Holsworthy

• Holsworthy is a small market town, situated amidst the rolling green hills of North Devon. There are many natural attractions within a short distance, the rugged cliffs of the Hartland Peninsula, sandy beaches at Bude and nearby Widemouth Bay, the South West Coastal Path, fishing and boating on the Tamar and Roadford Lakes. Holsworthy is an ideal central base for visiting the main attractions of Devon and Cornwall and for discovering Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor.