{"id":974,"date":"2010-06-14T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2018-05-29T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T23:37:12","slug":"bideford-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/06\/14\/bideford-devon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bideford Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_976\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/iStock_000004128521XSmall-bideford-devon-long-bridge-200px.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-976\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-976\" title=\"iStock_000004128521XSmall bideford devon long bridge 200px\" src=\"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/iStock_000004128521XSmall-bideford-devon-long-bridge-200px.jpg\" alt=\"Bideford Devon Long Bridge\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bideford Devon Long Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For two centuries from 1550 to 1750, Bideford was the principal port of north Devon and was also a centre for shipbuilding. Bideford\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> century long bridge over the River Torridge, was originally from the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century, and comprises 24 arches all with different spans, it connects the original old town with the area known as East-the-Water. The long tree-lined quay is still at the heart of life in Bideford and attracts many visitors to this popular Devon town. Other attractions include the Burton Art Gallery and Museum, and the Pannier Market, held on Saturdays and Tuesdays, a great place to visit if the weather is fine. In the disused railway station at East-the-Water, you can visit the Tarka Trail information centre, housed in a converted railway carriage. If\u00a0you are enjoying\u00a0sunny <a title=\"Devon Weather\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/devon-weather.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a> during your visit\u00a0you could also head for the beach at <a title=\"Westward Ho Map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/westward-ho-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westward Ho!<\/a>, to the north of Bideford.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Map of Bideford\" href=\"http:\/\/www.my-towns.co.uk\/bideford-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bideford Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two centuries from 1550 to 1750, Bideford was the principal port of north Devon and was also a centre for shipbuilding. Bideford\u2019s 15th century long bridge over the River Torridge, was originally from the 13th century, and comprises 24 arches all with different spans, it connects the original old town with the area known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,3],"tags":[158,148,593,313,594],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3311,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/3311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}