Browsing local attractions within 10 miles of Saunton Sands Apartments

Abbotsham, Near Bideford, North Devon, EX39 5AP, Tel: 01237 472366, Email, www.thebigsheep.co.uk, (7 miles, 12kms)

The Big Sheep - an all weather attraction featuring sheep racing, indoor playzone, outdoor lazer games and the Big Sheep Brewery.

Berrynarbor, Ilfracombe, North Devon, EX34 9SL, Tel: 01271 867474, Email, www.watermouthcastle.com, (9 miles, 15kms)

One of the West Country's premier Family Tourist Attractions where you can enjoy, a Victorian Castle full of eclectic treasures, nostalgic displays and curios, a theme park including rides and play areas, and beautiful landscaped gardens.

Ilfracombe Aquarium, The Old Lifeboat House, The Pier, Ilfracombe Harbour, Ilfracombe, EX34 9EQ, Tel: 01271 864533, Email, www.ilfracombeaquarium.co.uk, (8 miles, 13kms)

Award winning, all weather family attraction provides a fascinating journey of discovery into the aquatic life of North Devon.

Westleigh, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 4NT, Tel: 01271 860528, Email, www.tapeleygardens.com/, (6 miles, 9kms)

Tapeley-or Tapelia as it is known in the Doomsday Book- has for over 1000 years held the fantastic elevated position overlooking the River Torridge. The views stretch as far as the Island of Lundy and fade into the horizon over the Atlantic

The Square, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX32 8LN, Tel: 01271 346747, Email, www.devonmuseums.net/barnstaple, (8 miles, 12kms)

The perfect way to get to know North Devon, its wildlife, coastline, history and heritage. Throughout the year the Museum on the Square organises many special exhibitions of both local and wider interest.

Caen Street car park, Braunton, North Devon, EX33 1AA, Tel: 01271 815155, Email, www.museumofbritishsurfing.org.uk, (3 miles, 4kms)

Welcome to the award-winning Museum of British Surfing - the charity preserving our surfing heritage, celebrating current achievements and helping to shape the future of surfing in Great Britain.

9 The Quay, Ilfracombe, North Devon, EX34 9EQ, Tel: 01271 879727, Email, www.ilfracombeprincess.co.uk, (8 miles, 13kms)

Spectacular wildlife and coastal cruises aboard one of the most technologically advanced passenger vessels in the UK. Frequent sights of seals, porpoises and dolphins. Come and enjoy one of the most dramatic coastal landscapes in England!

The Bakehouse Centre, Caen Street, Braunton, North Devon, EX33 1AA, Tel: 01271 816688, Email, www.devonmuseums.net/Braunton-and-District-Museum/Devon-Museums/, (3 miles, 4kms)

Braunton Museum has lots of interest for all ages, with displays based around Braunton’s agricultural, maritime and social history. With documents and photographs of the history of Braunton and the surrounding area.

Marwood, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX31 4EB, Tel: 01271 342528, Email, www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk, (6 miles, 10kms)

An 18 acre garden with 3 small lakes, unusual trees and shrubs, bog garden, national collection of astilbes, iris ensata and tulbaghias.

Braunton, North Devon, EX33 2AA, Tel: 01271 816400, Email, www.brauntontic.co.uk, (3 miles, 4kms)

Braunton Marsh was reclaimed from the sea in the 19th centry with the building of massive banks & a network of delphs. An outstanding community of marshland plants, insects & related wildlife can be seen.

Taw Estuary, Northam, Bideford, North Devon, EX39 1XS, Tel: 01237 479708, www.torridge.gov.uk, (5 miles, 8kms)

The Northam Burrows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is about 253 hectares of grassy coastal plain with salt marsh, sand dunes and generally unimproved grasslands.

Room 508, Barnstaple Civic Centre, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX322SB, Tel: 01271 816400, Email, www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk/, (7 miles, 12kms)

Lying at the entrance to the Taw-Torridge Estuary, Braunton Burrows is one of the most important sand dune systems in Britain and forms the core of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.