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B3230

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B3230
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Barnstaple (NE) (SS563353)
To:  Ilfracombe (SS525476)
Via:  Muddiford
Distance:  9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Meets:  A39, A3123, A399
Primary Destinations
Highway Authorities

Devon

Traditional Counties

Devon

Route outline (key)
B3230 Barnstaple - Ilfracombe

The B3230 is very much the locals' route between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, being a bit shorter and much quicker than the parallel A361. The two towns are only signposted along the route when you are on or very near the road itself, with nearly all traffic being signposted to the A361.

Barnstaple

Heading north, the road begins as it forks left from the A39 just on the outskirts of Barnstaple, near to the North Devon District Hospital. It immediately dives down into a valley whilst the A39 climbs out of it. The road follows this valley for about 5 miles, twisting and turning as it follows the contours. This can result in some fairly sharp bends which make the route unsuitable for HGVs.

After leaving the A39, we quickly pass Blakewell Fisheries and Broomhill Arts Hotel to our left, before soon arriving in the twin villages of Milltown and Muddiford. We then pass a quarry and encounter more sharp turns, some of which are closed in even more by houses. After a couple more miles, the road climbs sharply out of the valley and rises to its highest point at Lynton Cross, where it meets the A3123 at what was a notorious accident blackspot (it has been roundabout converted in 2022). We very quickly come across another accident blackspot at Iron Letters Cross, where a particularly bad concealed entrance has claimed many victims.

We reach Two Pots after less than a mile of nothing much. The B3230 forks right along the New Barnstaple Road through another valley with more sharp turns. The road for the next two miles is liable to subsidence, and has been closed for substantial periods twice throughout 2008 due to landslips. Oddly, the B3230 still takes this route, despite that fact that a new road effectively bypassing this stretch was built, to a much higher standard, in 2006 as part of a supermarket development. This meets the B3230 at a roundabout near to Ilfracombe's recycling centre.

After yet another very sharp corner (though improved substantially as part of the 2006 changes), we enter Ilfracombe to the east of the town. There isn't really anything special about this area, being just another residential area, and after about half a mile the B3230 terminates at a light-controlled junction on the A399.




B3230
Places
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Ilfracombe-1953.jpgThe road junction known as Two Pots - Geograph - 1650951.jpgTravelling through Milltown on the B3230 - Geograph - 1743964.jpgThe B3230 near Lynton Cross - Geograph - 1743900.jpgMuddiford on the B3230 approaching the junction with Whitefield Hill - Geograph - 1743976.jpg
Other nearby roads
Barnstaple
A39 • A361 • A364 (Barnstaple - Bamford) • A373 • A377 • A3125 • B3138 • B3149 • B3232 • B3233 • EuroVelo 1 • T41 (Britain)
Ilfracombe
A361 • A373 • A399 • A3123 • B3231 • B3343
B3200 – B3299
B3200 • B3201 • B3202 • B3203 • B3204 • B3205 • B3206(W) • B3206(E) • B3207 • B3208 • B3209 • B3210 • B3211 • B3212 • B3213 • B3214 • B3215 • B3216 • B3217 • B3218 • B3219
B3220 • B3221 • B3222 • B3223 • B3224 • B3225 • B3226 • B3227 • B3228 • B3229 • B3230 • B3231 • B3232 • B3233 • B3234 • B3235 • B3236 • B3237 • B3238 • B3239
B3240 • B3241 • B3242 • B3243 • B3244 • B3245 • B3246 • B3247 • B3248 • B3249 • B3250 • B3251 • B3252 • B3253 • B3254 • B3255 • B3256 • B3257 • B3258 • B3259
B3260 • B3261 • B3262 • B3263 • B3264 • B3265 • B3266 • B3267 • B3268 • B3269 • B3270 • B3271 • B3272 • B3273 • B3274 • B3275 • B3276 • B3277 • B3278 • B3279
B3280 • B3281 • B3282 • B3283 • B3284 • B3285 • B3286 • B3287 • B3288 • B3289 • B3290 • B3291 • B3292 • B3293 • B3294 • B3295 • B3296 • B3297 • B3298 • B3299
Earlier iterations: B3202 • B3204 • B3206(N) • B3206(S) • B3208 • B3213 • B3214 • B3219 • B3228 • B3234 • B3248 • B3250 • B3253
B3260 • B3261 • B3264 • B3267 • B3270 • B3271 • B3272 • B3272 • B3275 • B3276 • B3277 • B3278 • B3280 • B3281 • B3283


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