A Taste For Adventure

Visit Hele Valley to experience the peace and tranquillity of this natural valley.

Submitted by Hele Valley on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:08

North Devon offers a host of activities for those wishing to take advantage of our wide open spaces.

Surfing

Surfing Learn to surf or just improve your technique with the best fully qualified surfers in the South West. Half and full day sessions. Special full week rates available.

Horse Riding

Horse Riding Ride on horse back across the stunning Devon Countryside or beach rides across sand dunes, coastal rides taking in our dramatic scenery. Lessons available for all abilities, ages and sizes all within a short drive of Hele Valley.

www.mullacott.co.uk

www.keypitts.com

www.woolacombe-ridingstables.co.uk

Golf

Golf Enjoy a round of golf on one of our superb 18 hole championship standard golf courses whilst taking in a breathtaking view of the North Devon rugged coastline. Well stocked golf shops with equipment to hire and tuition. The Royal North Devon at Westward Ho! is the oldest Links course in England laid out in 1864. Ilfracombe’s course is the second oldest, having been laid out in 1892 and Saunton Golf Club is a Championship course, famous throughout the country. All these courses are within an hour’s drive of Hele Valley.

www.sauntongolf.co.uk

www.royalnorthdevongolfclub.co.uk

Fishing

Fishing You can fish from the shore off the rocks at Hele and Ilfracombe, whilst taking care of your safety. Take a fishing trip from one of the many boats that operate from Ilfracombe harbour. Alternatively, you could try your hand at trout fishing at Blakewell Fisheries, or spend a peaceful day at Mill Park, Berrynarbor, an acre and a quarter lake set in attractive woodland, and Little Comfort farm, Braunton which both offer fishing for carp, rudd, roach and bream.

Walking & Cycle Paths

Croyde North Devon offers some of the best walking found anywhere in the world. There are lots of marked cycle trails, route leaflets and traffic free cycle ways. The Tarka Trail Cycle Path is an unbroken 34-mile long trail. Cycle hire is easy. Hire bikes from Braunton, Barnstaple, Fremington, Bideford and Great Torrington. The South West Coast Path is Britain’s longest footpath stretching over 600 miles from Somerset to Dorset. The North Devon section of the path is 90 miles long and boasts some of the most spectacular scenery of all.

www.combewalks.com

www.swcp.org.uk

www.biketrail.co.uk/maps.htm

Adventure

Keypitts off-road adventure.

North Devon’s only all terrain Quad Adventure Centre – The Wetter the Better – Open all year. Ride through 200 acres of beautiful wooded valleys and stunning scenery on a quad bike or horseback. Virtual paint ball game, off road drives and paint ball battles all available. Open all year round. Qualified Leisure quad instructors for all ages and experience.

www.keypitts.com

Survival Paintball

The South West’s Premier Paintball. Twenty acres of natural woodland in the heart of North Devon with state-of-the-art equipment for all ages and abilities.