Editing Great Torrington (section)

== Sports and culture ==
Local radio is provided by [[The Voice (North Devon)|The Voice]], a station based in nearby [[Barnstaple]] that broadcasts across North Devon on FM and DAB. Most of the content on the station is locally produced.<ref name=VoicePublicFile>{{cite web|url=https://www.thevoicefm.co.uk/public-file/|website=The Voice|title=The Voice Public File|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC South West]] and [[ITV West Country]]. Television signals are received from the nearby [[Huntshaw Cross transmitting station|Huntshaw Cross]] TV transmitter situated north east of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Huntshaw_Cross|title=Full Freeview on the Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>

[[BBC Local Radio]] station that broadcast to the town is [[BBC Radio Devon]] on 94.8 FM.

The regional radio station [[Heart West]] can be received in the town on FM and DAB. The station is a part of the [[Heart (radio network)|Heart]] network and broadcasts across the South West of England. Most of the shows broadcast are national shows from the Heart London studios, rather than region-specific ones.<ref name=HeartWest>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/05/heart-drivetime-show-presenters-announced-by-global/|title=Heart drivetime show presenters announced by Global|date=20 May 2019|access-date=15 June 2020|website=Radio Today|author=Roy Martin}}</ref> Region-specific content includes the weekday Drivetime show produced in [[Bristol]], and local advertising.

The local newspaper is the ''[[North Devon Journal]]'' also based in Barnstaple. The ''[[Western Morning News]]'' is a regional paper widely available. Most households receive a copy of the ''[[North Devon Gazette]]'' every week. ''The Crier'' is the community newsletter and diary delivered free to most households in the town and surrounding area for ten months of the year.

Torrington's [[Football (soccer)|football]] teams are [[Torrington F.C.]] and [[Torridgeside A.F.C.]] There are also rugby, netball, tennis and swimming teams. Torrington nine-hole Golf Course is {{convert|1.2|mi|km|sigfig=1}} northwest of the town centre. Great Torrington Bowling Club, established in 1645, is the third oldest bowling club in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greattorringtonbowlingclub.co.uk/ |title=Great Torrington Bowling Club|access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> As of 2024 Torrington is also home to North Devon’s first and only Baseball Club, the Torrington Riptides.

Great Torrington is twinned with the French port town of [[Roscoff]],<ref name="Archant twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |title=British towns twinned with French towns |access-date=2013-07-11 |work=Archant Community Media Ltd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns |archive-date=5 July 2013 }}</ref> situated in northern Brittany. Roscoff is served by the [[Brittany Ferries]] service from [[Plymouth]] and is a popular destination for school trips from the area.