Our cafe serves a fantastic range of home made food and we love to use local products so we are sure you will enjoy the results!

We are open Mon to Fri 08:00 - 1543  Sat 08:00 - 13:43 and serve full English breakfast until 2pm weekdays and 13:43 on Saturdays with three sizes two vegetarian options. We offer a varied menu from fantastic teas and coffee’s to cakes and homemade biscuits. We are definately worth a visit!

We also offer Conference Room hire, Photograph Studio hire, great drinks, great people, great food and a unique place too! We are an elegant station building with a great secure garden terrace for the summer months and warm cosey indoors for the winter. See Locality & History for further information on our fantastic, unique building.

The Station Masters Cafe is featured in a new book by Michael Williams, part of the best best railway journeys in the UK. "Twelve Great British Railway Journeys on the Slow train again" Copies are available for sale in the cafe.

The Award winning Tarka Walks booklet by Peter Craske, now has a second instalment and is available free of charge from the Cafe. So pop in a pick up this exciting new edition for walks from the stations along the Tarka Line.

Now available - Photography Lessons

Have you just brought a digital camera? Have you owned one for a while and want to know more? Then why not try photography lessons at the Station MastersCafé, at Barnstaple Railway Station?

Lessons for beginners in digital photography will be undertaken in small groups in the conference suite by a local professional photographer with over 25 years experience - 6.30 pm until 9 pm. Lessons are £24 per session. Availability is on a first come basis. Limited places are available so book now!

To book your place on the course, please go to the Station Masters Café with your first two lesson’s fee during opening hours.

LOOK... its James May!

See the Station Masters Cafe feature in “JAMES MAY’S TOY STORIES” available on DVD.

Our Awards

Winner of “Best Station Outlet 2009” National Community Rail Awards
Voted in the “Top Ten Railway Cafes in the UK” The Guardian May 2009
Awarded "International Best Small Station" Latest Award of 2011