Looking for a taxi transfer to a Cruise Ship Terminal from Bideford? Why not start your cruise in style, we offer cost effective travel from Bideford to the following ports:

• Bideford to the Port of Dover
• Bideford to the Port of Greenock/Glasgow
• Bideford to the Port of Harwich
• Bideford to the Port of Hull
• Bideford to the Port of Liverpool
• Bideford to the Port of Portsmouth
• Bideford to the Port of Southampton
• Bideford to the Port of Leith/Edinburgh
• Bideford to the Port of London Tilbury
• Bideford to the Port of Felixstowe
• Bideford to the Port of Newcastle

With many years’ experience in ensuring our customers arrive at their destination on time, Cars Exec offer the very best in service with our excellent chauffeurs.

Our chauffeur driven taxi service provides comfort, style and luxury, all in one trip, to any of the major UK cruise ports from your home or airport. We will then be there on your return, ready to take care of you and your luggage, returning you home with the minimum of stress.

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Professional corporate travel

We provide a trusted, professional but discreet service to our business and corporate clients in Bideford, with impeccable chauffeur driven cars as well as luxury people carriers to Bideford based UK Companies, international business and discerning private clients, travelling to and from London.

Cars Exec offer cars to and from important meetings, a meet and greet service from major airports and train stations across mainland UK. as well as a daily commute service locally, or long distance to London and other UK cities

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Want to make your special event even more stylish? We will sweep you off to a day at the races, a concert, a birthday treat or even a proposal in our comfortable, luxurious cars. Just sit back and relax as you ride in style in executive chauffeur driven hire,

• Wimbledon.
• Birthday Treat / Surprise.
• Ascot.
• Silverstone.
• Wembley / O2 Arena.
• Anniversary celebrations.

Our VIP car service is the perfect prestige car hire service for you if you want to make the right impression, but at comparable taxi prices.

Bideford​ in North Devon

Bideford is an attractive town on the west bank of the River Torridge, where the river begins to widen to form the estuary. The ancient name of Bideford was recorded as Bedeford, Byddyfrod, Bedyford, Bydeford, Bytheford and Biddeford. The etymology of the name means “by the ford”, and records show that before there was a bridge there was a ford at Bideford where River Torridge is estuarine, and at low tide it is possible, but not advisable, to cross the river by wading on foot

The old road has a lovely old bridge crossing the Torridge linking the town of Bideford to its neighbouring village East the Water. This impressive, arched stone bridge was built in 1535. The original bridge was built from timber in 1300, and was replaced by a stone bridge in the 15th century. Various adaptations have been made to the bridge throughout the intervening years.

Author Charles Kingsley lived here and based his novel Westward Ho! in this area of North Devon. The town of Westward Ho! takes its name from the novel – the only town in Britain known to have been named after a book rather than the other way round and also the only town in Britain with an exclamation mark in it!

In the 16th Century, Bideford was Britain’s third largest port. Sir Walter Raleigh landed his first shipment of tobacco here, although, contrary to popular belief, he was not the first to import tobacco to England.

During World War II a Shoreham-class sloop was named HMS Bideford, also four sixth-rate ships of the line have been named after the town. Nowadays the only shipbuilding in the area is at Appledore Shipbuilders, which has built civilian ships and ships for the Royal Navy and Irish Naval Service.

Today, Bideford is a thriving shopping centre with an historic Pannier Market holding both produce and crafts markets twice each week. Many antique shops are scattered amongst the narrow backstreets and alleyways that lead up from the quay and the river. These alleys are known locally as drangs.

The tree-lines quay still bustles with fishing vessels, cargo and pleasure boats, and there is regular boat trip to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, about 12 miles away.

The parish church of St Mary stands on the site of the original Saxon church, which was replaced by a Norman building. Most of the present church was rebuilt in 1865, but the tower and the font have survived from the original Norman building.