The BIG Sheep
The BIG Sheep is an amusement park. It is 500 m west of Bideford. A short trip away is Bideford Railway Heritage Centre, 1.3 km off, the first of 22 within 15 km.
Theme park near Bideford
Just outside Bideford
The BIG Sheep is 500 m west of Bideford. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Highs of 19–20°C mark June to September in Bideford.
The BIG Sheep
2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Theme park
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 500 m west of Bideford
- Official site
- thebigsheep.co.uk
Visiting: the details
- EntryA fee is charged
The area around The BIG Sheep
The orange dot is The BIG Sheep; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Of these 5 towns, the largest is Bideford (19,493 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Bideford
Westward Ho!
Northam
Littleham
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where The BIG Sheep is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bideford | 500 m east of it | 19,493 | 9 |
| Westward Ho! | 1.9 km north of it | 3,468 | 9 |
| Northam | 2.4 km northeast of it | 5,191 | 9 |
| Littleham | 3 km south of it | 248 | 5 |
| Appledore | 4.3 km northeast of it | 1,711 | 8 |
Worth adding to a visit
A visit can add 3 museums, 2 castles and a garden, from 22 places within 15 km.
MuseumBurton at Bideford2.8 km away3
MuseumNorth Devon Maritime Museum5.4 km away4
CastleTapeley Park5.7 km away5
CastleBarnstaple Castle15 km away6
GardenRHS Garden Rosemoor11 km away7Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustAbbotsham Cliffs2.1 km away8Theme parkTheme parkThe Milky Way Adventure Park11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit The BIG Sheep
Where is The BIG Sheep?
The BIG Sheep is 500 m west of Bideford, Devon.
What is The BIG Sheep?
Amusement park in Southern England.
When is the best time to visit The BIG Sheep?
June to September are the warmest months in Bideford, with afternoon highs of 19–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The BIG Sheep?
Within 15 km: Bideford Railway Heritage Centre (1.3 km), Burton at Bideford (2.8 km), North Devon Maritime Museum (5.4 km) and Tapeley Park (5.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Burton at Bideford: User:Jack1956, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- North Devon Maritime Museum: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tapeley Park: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barnstaple Castle: Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RHS Garden Rosemoor: Patche99z, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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