Riverside Cottage

For those of us who like to leave the car behind there is any number of the 3,500 miles of footpaths in Devon. There is a network of trails on Dartmoor and Exmoor to suit different abilities and of varying times and distances.  Devon is hailed a county of natural outstanding beauty and as a result is littered with a number of trails and rights of way, with few roads to interrupt a peaceful hike.  Discover the only National Trail in the country, The South West Coast Path. It is comprehensively marked on both north & south coasts,  varies from easy strolling to arduous challenges & during anytime of year it never fails to be beautiful.  The path has been created by fishermen, coastguards and smugglers over the centuries and now covers 90 miles along the North Devon coast & 115 miles in the South.

Here is some of our favourite walks directly from Riverside Cottage:

Riverside Cottage to Bideford via the Tarka Trail

Riverside Cottage to Instow via the Tarka Trail

Riverside Cottage to Appledore via the Tarka Trail

Riverside Cottage to Northam Burrows via the Tarka Trail

Riverside Cottage to Barnstaple via the Tarka Trail

Riverside Cottage to Great Torrington via the Tarka Trail

Long Distance Walks

19 other long-distance walks; they include:

Tarka Trail – a figure of eight route across the central northern part of the county

Two Moors Way – which runs to 100 miles between Ivybridge and Lynmouth, crossing Dartmoor and Exmoor

Devonshire Heartland Way – a 43 mile romp linking Okehampton with the Exe Valley

Drive & Walk:

Around Combe Martin and Ilfracombe

The rugged rocks around Hartland Point

Plymouth Sound

The Sound Hams’ estuaries

Along the World Heritage Coast