Detail of Tarka Trail and Recently Installed Tarka Valley Railway Line: September View looking From the Puffing Billy at Torrington Station Towards Be
September, tree lined view looking along the popular Tarka Trail towards Beam and Bideford. Alongside this is the newly installed Tarka Valley Railway Line. This section of the Tarka Trail is near Great Torrington and offers good views. The Great Torrington Railway Station is now the home of the Puffing Billy and the Tarka Valley Railway. This is one of the main access points for the Tarka Trail cycle and footpath. After the passenger service closed the line was still used to carry clay from the large quarry outside Merton to the port of Bideford. The Tarka Trail covers a distance of 180 miles (290 km), following a figure-of-eight route through the North Devon countryside; setting for the fictional ‘Tarka the Otter’ in Henry Williamson’s book. The 31mile (48km) section from Braunton to Meeth is level and mainly tarmacked being built on the disused Railway line.
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Location: Tarka Trail, Great Torrington, Devon, England.
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
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