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This was only partially successful, with few lasting more than the few years that grants were available. One success was the manufacturing of generic medicines by Cox Pharmaceuticals now branded Allergan , which moved in from its site in Brighton , Sussex. A lasting effect on the town has been the development and expansion of industrial estates at Seven Brethren, Whiddon Valley and Pottington. Whilst the opening of the improved A connection to the motorway network helped in some ways to promote trade, notably weekend tourism, it was detrimental to some distribution businesses.
The latter had previously viewed the town as a base for local distribution networks, a need that was removed when the travelling time to the M5 motorway roughly halved. Because Barnstaple is the main shopping area for North Devon, retail work contributes to the economy. There are many generic chain stores in the town centre and in the Roundswell Business Park, on the western fringe of the town.
Tesco has several stores in the area, including a Tesco Extra hypermarket and a large Tesco superstore. There are also Sainsbury's and Lidl supermarkets. The multi-million pound redevelopment in and around the former Leaderflush Shapland works at Anchorwood Bank is creating a conservation area near the River Taw, hundreds of new homes, and a commercial retail area with new shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. A new Asda superstore and petrol filling station are part of the redevelopment.
The new Asda store opened in November However, by far the largest employer in the region is local and central government. In unemployment in North Devon was 1. The level of work in the informal or casual sector is high, partly due to the impact of seasonal tourism, as is the case in much of the South West of England. By unemployment in North Devon had fallen significantly from a high to 1.
The number of businesses registered has increased by since to Barnstaple is twinned with:. Barnstaple has an eclectic mix of architectural styles, with the 19th century probably now predominant. There are some remnants of early buildings as well as several early plaster ceilings. Anne's Chapel in the central churchyard is probably the best of the ancient buildings to survive.
Queen Anne's Walk was erected c. The Georgian Guildhall is also of interest as well as the Pannier Market beneath. The museum has an "arts and crafts" vibe with its tessellated floors, locally made staircase and decorative fireplaces. A wooden castle was built by Geoffrey de Mowbray , Bishop of Coutances in the 11th century, clearing houses to make room for it.
Juhel of Totnes later occupied the castle and founded Barnstaple Priory just outside its walls. The castle's first stone buildings were probably erected by Henry de Tracey , a strong supporter of King Stephen. By the time of the death of the last Henry de Tracey in , the castle was beginning to decay. The fabric of the castle was used in the construction of other buildings and by the castle was a ruin. The remaining walls blew down in a storm in It replaced an earlier Tudor mansion, built in but lost to a fire in The Grade II listed St Anne's Chapel [30] was restored in and was being used as a community centre that was available for let as a venue that could accommodate 60 people.
It was an ancient Gothic chantry chapel , the assets of which were acquired by the Mayor of Barnstaple and others in , some time after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The deed of feoffment dated 1 November exists in the George Grant Francis collection in Cardiff. Barnstaple has been the major market for North Devon since Saxon times. Demands for health regulation of its food market in Victorian times saw the construction in — of the town's Pannier Market , originally known as the Vegetable Market and designed by local architect R.
The building has a high glass and timber roof on iron columns. Built on the other side of the street at the same time as the Pannier Market, Butchers' Row consists of ten shops with pilasters of Bath Stone , and wrought iron supports to an overhanging roof.
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Only one of the shops remains as a butchers, [33] although the new shops still sell local agricultural goods. There is one baker, one delicatessen , two fishmongers , a florist and a greengrocer. As of early , the local Council's web site provided this summary for the Pannier Market: "Largely unchanged in over years, Barnstaple's historic Pannier Market has a wide range of stalls, with everything from fresh local produce, flowers and crafts, to prints and pictures, fashion and Traffic congestion in the town used to be severe, but in May , the Barnstaple Western Bypass was opened so traffic heading towards Braunton and Ilfracombe avoids travelling through the town centre over the ancient bridge.
The bypass consists of 1. Barnstaple railway station is the terminus of a branch line from Exeter, known as the Tarka Line after the local connection with Tarka the Otter. The station is near the end of the Long Bridge but on the opposite bank of the River Taw to the town centre.
The town used to have several other stations but these have all closed since the publication of the Reshaping of British Railways the so-called Beeching Axe report in the s. The surviving station was opened on 1 August by the North Devon Railway later the London and South Western Railway , although a service had operated from Fremington since for goods traffic only. The station became "Barnstaple Junction" on 20 July when the railway opened the branch line through to Ilfracombe , reverting to just plain "Barnstaple" again when this was closed on 5 October It is now a terminus and much reduced in size as part of the site is now used for the Barnstaple Western Bypass.
The Ilfracombe branch line brought the railway across the river into the town centre. Barnstaple Quay was situated close by the Castle Mound. It was closed in and replaced by a nearby Barnstaple Town station at North Walk which was also the terminus of the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway until this closed in The narrow gauge line's main depot and operating centre was at nearby Pilton.
A separate "Barnstaple" station, renamed Barnstaple Victoria Road in , was opened to the east of the town in as the terminus of the Devon and Somerset Railway , eventually a part of the Great Western Railway. A junction was later provided to allow trains access to Barnstaple Junction and these ran through to Ilfracombe. It was closed in There are a selection of well-regarded primary and secondary state schools and a tertiary college in Barnstaple. Petroc formerly North Devon College is a large tertiary college providing a wide range of vocational and academic further education for more than 3, young people over St Peter's Church is the parish church of Barnstaple.
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Its oldest parts probably date to the 13th century, though the nave, chancel and tower date from , when three altars [44] were dedicated by Bishop Stapledon. The north and south aisles were added in c. The church has a notable broach spire , claimed by W. Hoskins to be the best of its kind in the country. Other religious buildings in the town include St Anne's Chapel a 14th-century chantry chapel , now a museum in the parish churchyard; the Church of St Mary the Virgin in the suburb of Pilton is 13th-century and a Grade I listed building; Holy Trinity , built in the s but necessarily rebuilt in as its foundations were unsound — it has a fine tower in the Somerset style; the Roman Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception, said to have been built to designs supplied by Pugin , in Romanesque Revival style; the late 19th-century church of St John the Baptist in the Newport area of the town and a Baptist chapel of which includes a lecture hall and classrooms.
Cricket is played at Barnstaple and Pilton. Rugby union is played at Barnstaple Rugby Football Club [46] whose first team play in South West Premier , which is a fifth tier league in the English rugby union system. There are numerous bowling greens and tennis courts, including those at the Tarka Tennis Centre, which has six indoor courts and which hosts the Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple.