North Devon news

Parkwood Leisure has appointed Rob Ellis its director of tennis, in partnership with the Tennis Foundation and Lawn Tennis Association, as it moves to encourage ... More

A new £1m gymnastics facility - the Falcons Community Sports Centre - has opened to the public next to the Tarka Tennis Centre in Seven ... More

Ilfracombe Regeneration Board - a partnership between three local authorities - is planning to establish a new permanent watersports centre at Devon's Larkstone Beach. The ... More

Leisure trust Tone Leisure has secured a contract to operate phase three of an ongoing Active Villages programme in three Devon districts. Funded by Sport ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has approved plans to lease part of a council-owned site at the Tarka Tennis Centre in Barnstaple to Falcons Gymnastics Academy. ... More

Plans for improvements to the cultural and leisure facilities currently on offer in Barnstaple town centre have moved forward, according to North Devon Council (NDC). ... More

North Devon Council has announced that it will be appointing a contractor next month for a six-month refurbishment of a Barnstaple leisure centre, which is ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has announced that the 'stalled' redevelopment of a number of leisure sites in Ilfracombe has started to move forward. Members of ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has agreed to contribute £20,000 of Section 106 cash towards a scheme designed to rejuvenate part of Combe Martin's seafront. Combe ... More

Efforts to enhance the sustainable management of Devon's landscapes have been handed a £3.1m funding boost from the European Regional Development Fund. Devon County Council ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has published a new management plan, which is designed to outline measures to help conserve Barnstaple's historical and architectural features. A ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has announced that work has started on the transformation of a former Ilfracombe BMX facility into a new skate park. Hampshire-based ... More

Trustees of the proposed Museum of British Surfing have confirmed that they are in talks with the Christie Estate over the possibility of developing a ... More

A new passenger ferry service between Ilfracombe, Devon, and Swansea, South Wales, is set to be launched in early 2010 in a bid to boost ... More

Plans for the creation of the Museum of British Surfing in Braunton, North Devon have received a boost after the Charity Commission approved the attraction's ... More

North Devon Council (NDC) has put on hold plans to develop a mixed-use scheme in Barnstaple. The recent downturn in the housing market and uncertainty ... More

The RNLI lifeboat station in Exmouth, Devon, could be transformed into a maritime museum, it has been reported. The North Devon Gazette said that after ... More

Plans to build a new £17m leisure centre as an extension to the Tarka Tennis Centre in Barnstaple have been dumped. North Devon Council took ... More

Tourism in north Devon and South Wales could be set to receive a boost in early 2010 if plans to introduce a new high-speed passenger ... More