Maps & Guides

Maps with more:

Maps are available locally (cost £2 each) from tourist information, village post offices, most campsites and No Sweat, 20 High Street, Barnstaple has the full range.  Ordering from Croydecycle – all maps cost £1 – please add £2 to cover postage (any number of maps).  Cheques payable to ‘croydecycle’.  If you email an address, maps can be sent with an invoice.

Walking Maps at scale of 1:12,500

Porlock  978-0-9559005-0-1     publ.05.08
Lynton & Lynmouth  978-0-9550168-5-1   publ.06.09
Combe Martin & Hunter’s Inn 978-0-9550168-6-8    publ.06.07
Ilfracombe & Berrynarbor 978-0-9550168-7-5    publ.06.07
Mortehoe & Woolacombe 978-0-9550168-4-4    publ.06.09
Croyde 978-0-9550168-9-9    publ.05.08
Braunton 978-0-9550168-8-2    publ.07.08
Hartland & Clovelly 978-0-9559005-4-9  publ.06.09  

The 5 colour, backed, maps are 500 x 350 (folded to 125 x 175), at a scale of 1:12,500 with contours at 10m.  Water resistant paper.  All rights of way and access land are shown, it is generous with place names and village plans are also included.  Geology, ecology and history are explained.  Though primarily walking maps, they are of use to cyclists and horse riders.  They are based on 1894 OS maps and detailed surveys.

Walking Maps: Areas Covered

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Mortehoe Walking Map Sample

Coast Path maps mostly at 1:15,000

Coast Path Map 1 Exmoor  978-0-9559005-1-8     publ.08.08
Minehead to Watermouth.  Includes Porlock, Lynmouth, Combe Martin. Coast Path Map 2 Big Beach Devon  978-0-9559005-2-5     publ.08.08
Watermouth to Westward Ho!  Includes Ilfracombe, Woolacombe, Croyde, Braunton, Barnstaple, Bideford and Appledore.
Coast Path Map 3 Wild West Devon  978-0-9559005-5-6     publ.06.09
Westward Ho! to Bude.  Includes Clovelly, Hartland Point, Hartland Quay, Welcombe and Morwenstow and Sandymouth in Cornwall.

The three sheets cover the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Bude.  The maps cover the coastal zone, about 1km wide, with about three panels on each side.  They are immensely detailed, taking much of the coastal information that is on the walking maps above.  The 5 colour, backed, maps are 500 x 350 (folded to 125 x 175), water resistant paper.  The scale is 1:15,000 (less detail needed for Taw Torridge estuary so this is 1:30,000) and village/town centre plans are at 1:7,500.  Contours are at 10m.  All paths are shown and the coast path is indicated by the acorn symbol (i.e. no obscuring highlighting).

Coast Path maps: Areas Covered

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Cycle map of Braunton & Ilfracombe at 1:30,000

Braunton & Ilfracombe Cycle Map  978-0-9559005-3-2     publ.07.08

Map covers Combe Martin to Instow, including Woolacombe, Croyde and Barnstaple.  The 5 colour, backed, map is 500 x 350 (folded to 125 x 175).  The scale is 1:30,000 which allows all the roads to be clearly shown – graded for how busy they are – and also information about off road possibilities.  Contours are 10m and steep hills indicated.  Comments and facilities of use for cyclists are included, as well as village plans at 1:7,500).

Cycle map: Areas Covered

Devon and Cornwall Cycle Maps at 1:100,000 

Devon: Cycle & Leisure Map  978-0-9550168-2-0    publ.10.05
  Covers North and South Devon, including Exeter and Plymouth (East Devon not mapped).
Cornwall: Cycle & Leisure Map  978-0-9550168-1-3    publ.10.05
  Covers whole of Cornwall and part of West Devon.

Shows roads, places, relief, facilities – pretty much everything a cyclist would hope to find on a map.  These 1:100,000 maps are a follow on from a Herefordshire map which the CTC still puts top of the list of UK cycle maps and described as ‘favourite map’ by Exeter cartographers.
Cycling Plus review February 2006: “The result is fantastic: maps at an ideal scale of 1:100,000 that are lovely to look at yet truly practical”.  Comment of a user: “Just been on Bristol -> Penzance cycle ride – found your maps brilliant.” (NP).
All roads and settlements are marked, as are rivers and 30m contours and there are also town plans. The map is packed full of useful information such as shops, pubs, cafes, tourist sites and cycle facilities. It is called a ‘cycle map’ because it is at a useful scale (with enough detail yet you don’t keep going off the map) and it has cycle routes, shops and facilities.  And the research was done by bike!  Handy to have in the car as well.
Size 510 x 720, five colour, waterproof foldable paper

Flood risk area map of North Devon 
In December 2004 Braunton and Croyde had bad floods. Concern about estuary and tidal surge led to production of a flood risk map for North Devon.