Victoria Park Bideford

Take time to stroll round this delightful park which was opened in 1912 to rejoice Queen Victoria's reign. The park and flowerbeds are cautiously tended in the course of the seasons but are most remarkable in spring and summer time. This is an excellent circle of relatives park with something for every age along with a iety of leisure facilities, a children's play location, open-air paddling pool and skateboard park. While the youngsters play you could plan the rest of your day in peaceful environment. The park has many historic functions - the 9 cannon surrounding the band stand are believed to were captured from the Spaniards inside the Armada, a tree changed into planted in 1944 to mark the coolest family members among Bideford citizens and US Army personnel who were stationed in Bideford from 1940-1944.

There are also rose beds committed to the overdue Princess Diana and a Millennium Time Capsule is buried close to the park entrance. You can find out more information from the Information Centre or the Burton Art Gallery & Museum. While you are here you can name in for refreshments on the Cafedu Parc which serves, coffee, lunches and teas. The predominant gallery has a energetic programme of neighborhood and countrywide journeying exhibitions and craft paintings and is likewise now domestic to the new Bideford Museum.