Find the nearest Sports in Devon
Our Sports category brings all Coast Radar’s Devon listings related to coastal sports together, where these can be teaching organisations or recommended locations.
Finding the best things to see and do on a Devon day out with your family or friends is easy – simply explore the sports links below, hit the jump to my location button or use the search bar to plan your next Devon activity.
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- Tinside Pool is a great example of an Art Deco lido. Built in 1935 it looks out over Plymouth Sound and is overlooked by Plymouth Hoe and Smeaton’s Tower. The lido is a semicircle of 55 metres diameter (180 feet). There is a central fountain and two smaller side fountains. The lido is floodlit at night. Sun loungers and deckchairs are available for hire. The lido is open in the summer months.
- Topsham Outdoor Pool is a 25m heated outdoor pool, open from late April to Mid September.
- Mount Wise is a complex of three outdoor pools. We have a 25 main pool, a small paddling pool ideal for young children and a fun-packed activity pool including a whirlpool and bubble pool.
- The lido is a 25 metre outdoor pool situated on Teignmouth seafront.
- A 21 metre heated open-air pool in the lovely park setting of Victoria Park Buckfastleigh. The Hamlyn family, original owners of the woollen mills, gave Victoria Park and the swimming pool to the town of Buckfastleigh in 1887 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
- The Bovey Tracey Swimming Pool Association is a Registered Charity run by volunteers. The Pool is a 25 metre open air heated pool. There is also a Toddler Pool.
- Haldon Forest Park has something for abilities of cyclist with trails being graded from the more modest Family Cycle Trail and Adventure Cycle Trail, right up to red, black and double black runs for the more adrenaline mountain biking inclined. Facilities include cafe, shop and bike hire. Why not print a map before you go – available at download here
- Surf South West’s surf school offers surf lessons, surfing courses and surf holidays at Croyde Bay in Devon, and Saunton Sands, North Devon.
- Bideford Bay and Hartland, coastal area away from the crowds, an excellent location for families and sporting groups. The Bideford Bay shoreline has excellent rock-pooling. With 30 miles of footpaths (14 miles of the South West Coast Path), you have many places to discover around the Hartland Peninsula and Bideford Bay. For off-road cycling (mountain biking) and horse riding there is a fairly challenging bridleway route from East Titchberry to Exmansworthy, Hartland. The bridleway from East Titchberry to Exmansworthy offers views to Lundy and across Bideford Bay to Morte Point. Kite surfers have Westward Ho! beach with seasonal life guards.
- The outdoor pool is located within the University of Exeter, Cornwall House on Streatham Campus. A 4 lane 25 metre outdoor swimming pool set in a large grass and patio area.
