Located in the parish of Westleigh, Tapeley Park sits high on a hill overlooking the River Torridge and the North Devon coastline. Home to the Christie family for two centuries, Hector Christie is the current custodian of the estate.
Tapeley Park is located between Bideford and Barnstaple, near the village of Instow. Visitors can follow brown tourist signs from the A39 onto the B3233 (please note if you use the post code in Sat Nav you will be directed to the incorrect entrance). The Tapeley Garden entrance is just beyond the turning sign posted to Westleigh Village, coming from the Bideford direction.
GARDEN OPENING HOURS: Our gardens are now closed to all visitors and will re-open late March 2026
No need to book a slot for the gardens – just turn up and purchase your tickets from the Gift Shop
Adults £8.50
Children £6.50 Under 5’s Free
Seniors £7.00
Family Ticket (2 Adults and up to 3 Children) £22.00
Friends of Tapeley Season Ticket – Adult – £35.00, Child – £15.00
Group prices on application
Family friendly, dog friendly (on leads).
Disabled facilities
If you use a wheelchair (manual or electric) or a walker there are parts of the garden which may not be suitable, for example the walk through the wood to the lake and across the fields to the monument statue.
We offer disabled parking (located by the Pay Hut) which are not too far from the gardens which offers seating, and the toilet facilities are close at hand.
There is a lovely Tea Room which is accessible with indoor and outdoor seating – garden admission charges apply to use this facility – now closed to all visitors and will re-open late March 2026
Address:
Tapeley Park
Instow
North Devon
EX39 4NT
Tapeley Park
Instow
North Devon
EX39 4NT
Whatthreewords: padding.makeovers.return
http://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/
Telephone:
01271 860897
(or contact the Estate office 01271 342558)
01271 860897
(or contact the Estate office 01271 342558)
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Tapeley Park is now closed to the public for the 2025 season. ![]()
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We will re-open in March 2026. In the meantime we would like to thank all the visitors who have come through the gates this year. See you after the winter break!
Half term explore time. Which path you take may well depend on the weather! Luckily we've got many to explore - out in the open and under the Autumn canopy. ![]()
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The Tea Rooms at Tapeley provides welcome sanctuary in any shower too!![]()
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Our final day of the season is on Thursday. So time for a last Tapeley hurrah of 2025!![]()
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#halfterm #thingstodo #northdevon #explore #nature #tapeleypark
Half term explore time. Which path you take may well depend on the weather! Luckily we've got many to explore - out in the open and under the Autumn canopy. ![]()
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The Tea Rooms at Tapeley provides welcome sanctuary in any shower too!![]()
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Our final day of the season is on Thursday. So time for a last Tapeley hurrah of 2025!![]()
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#halfterm #thingstodo #northdevon #explore #nature #tapeleypark
When the sun does come out and the clouds part, the blue sky provides an impressive background to frame the colours of Autumn. Looking particularly ambered in the permaculture garden this month are the orange berries of the Sea buckthorn.![]()
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The Sea buckthorn has a symbolic place in the Tapeley Park permaculture garden. Hector Christie planted 2 trees when he established the permaculture garden way back in 1990 - for a male is necessary if the female is to produce berries.![]()
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As we prepare to enter the winter season, it's apt that this beacon is one of the last plants in the garden to bear its fruit, and so impressively too!
Time may be running out on the 2025 season but on the bottom terrace of the Italian gardens there's one plant which is dominating the fight for visitor attentions!![]()
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Colletia Paradoxa, better known as an Anchor plant, is a native from South America. It's white flowers produce an powerfully inviting smell, filling the bottom terrace with the scent of marzipan.![]()
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A unique and quite rare plant in British gardens, its flattened stems (which inspire its name) are in place of leaves. Definitely a specimen which deserves to be seen in all its glory up close!![]()
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