Bideford

Bideford is a town in on the River Torridge. For visitors, the main features of Bideford are its quaint back streets full of shops, its pannier market, and many festivals & events throughout the year such as the Bideford Bike Show, Soapbox Derby, Rowing Regatta, Water Festival & Rainbo Fun Run.
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  • Type: Town with 28,700 residents
  • Description: town in Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bideford, Devon” and “ビディフォード”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Burton at Bideford and Bideford Town Hall.

Museum
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The is an art gallery and museum…

Library
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Marketplace
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westward Ho! and Appledore.

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is a quaintly-named seaside town in Torridge, , , near Bideford!

Village
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is a village at the mouth of the… is situated 2½ miles north of Bideford.

Bideford

Latitude
51.0181° or 51° 1′ 5″ north
Longitude
-4.2064° or 4° 12′ 23″ west
Population
28,700
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BID
Open location code
9C3Q2Q9V+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33795401
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655707
Wiki­data ID
Q1234840
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Bideford” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Bideford”
  • Basque: “Bideford”
  • Belarusian: “Бідэфорд”
  • Bengali: “বিডফোর্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Байдфорд”
  • Bulgarian: “Бидефорд”
  • Catalan: “Bideford”
  • Cebuano: “Bideford”
  • Chinese: “拜德福特”
  • Chinese: “比迪福德”
  • Dutch: “Bideford”
  • Esperanto: “Bideford”
  • French: “Bideford”
  • Galician: “Bideford”
  • German: “Bideford”
  • Gujarati: “બાઈડફોર્ડ”
  • Hungarian: “Bideford”
  • Irish: “Bideford”
  • Italian: “Bideford”
  • Japanese: “ビデフォード”
  • Kannada: “ಬೈಡ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “바이드퍼드”
  • Korean: “비데포드”
  • Latin: “Bediforda”
  • Latin: “Bideford”
  • Latvian: “Bideforda”
  • Lithuanian: “Bajdfordas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bideford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bideford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bideford”
  • Norwegian: “Bideford”
  • Persian: “بیدفورد”
  • Polish: “Bideford”
  • Portuguese: “Bideford”
  • Romanian: “Bideford”
  • Russian: “Байдфорд”
  • Russian: “Бидефорд”
  • Silesian: “Bideford”
  • Slovenian: “Bideford, Devon, Anglija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیدفورد”
  • Spanish: “Bideford”
  • Swedish: “Bideford”
  • Tajik: “Бидефурд”
  • Tamil: “பிடெபோர்ட”
  • Telugu: “బిడే ఫోర్డ్”
  • Thai: “บิดิเฟิร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Bideford”
  • Ukrainian: “Бідефорд”
  • Urdu: “بیدیفورڈ”
  • Volapük: “Bideford”
  • Welsh: “Bideford”
  • “Bideford”

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