There are no airports in North Devon. The nearest airports are at Exeter, Plymouth, Newquay or Bristol. Exeter has a lot of charter flights to popular tourist destinations, but many can only be used when booked with a holiday, and are meant for a holiday from rather than to the UK. Scheduled services connect Exeter with, Alicante, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Malaga and St Mary's (Isles of Scilly) . These scheduled flights are operated by British European, who are based at the airport and Skybus.

Bristol Airport has scheduled flights to Aberdeen, Belfast, Cork, Edinburgh, Jersey, Newcastle, Plymouth, Munich, Alicante, Malaga, Faro, Palma, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Glasgow, Isle of Man, London Gatwick, Paris, Frankfurt, Isles of Scilly, Barcelona, Nice, Prague and Leeds & Bradford.

There is also a small airport at Plymouth. Air Southwest run local flights from Plymouth to London Gatwick and Newquay. From 1st March 2004, they will also be running from Plymouth to Bristol and Manchester. Air Wales also operate from Plymouth, running flights between Plymouth and Cork, Dublin, Jersey and Swansea.

There are four daily flights from London Gatwick to Newquay, operated by Air Southwest, with prices starting from just £20 plus tax each way. Ryanair also run flights from London Stansted to Newquay.

If you are traveling from the London Airports of Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton or Stansted, it is best to take a train to Exeter St Davids station (from either Waterloo or Paddington), then change for a local train to Barnstaple.

• Exeter Airport
• Bristol Airport
• Plymouth Airport
• British European
• Skybus
• Air Southwest
• Air Wales
• Ryanair

National Express run a long distance coach service which has coaches from various parts of the UK to many parts of North Devon, including Barnstaple, Bideford, Braunton, Illfracombe, Instow, Northam, and Westward Ho!. Tickets can be booked on-line.

• National Express

North Devon has reasonable road access. The A361 connects the M5 near Tiverton with North Devon, and the A377 also connects with the M5 near Exeter. Roads in North Devon are quite slow though, particularly the A377 and parts of the A39. The AA provide information of road delays and also have a journey planner.

• The AA

The nearest Ferry port to North Devon is in Plymouth. Brittany Ferries operate from here to Roscoff, Cherbourg, St Malo and Santander. This is useful if you are travelling from Europe and wish to take your own car with you. From Plymouth, it is a fair drive to the North Devon coast, probably taking around 90 minutes.

• Brittany Ferries

There is only one railway line in North Devon, which terminates at Barnstaple, at the end of the Tarka Line from Exeter. Main line trains run from Exeter to many parts of the country. The branch line services is operated by Wessex Trains and main line trains to Exeter operate from London Waterloo (South West Trains), London Paddington, Bristol and Reading (First Great Western), Bristol, Birmingham and the North (Virgin Trains) and Cardiff (Arriva Trains Wales).

• Wessex Trains
• First Great Western Trains
• South West Trains
• Virgin Trains
• Arriva Trains Wales
• The TrainLine
• Q Jump