Walk 1 – The Terrace and
Circular Walk (1.3 miles)
Walks around Ashburton
CROSSING King’s Bridge, turn left into North Street and walk 300 yards with Cleder Place and the River Ashburn on your left. When an opening appears in the high stone wall on your right, opposite Crockerton Cottages, cross over the road, mount the steps, through the kissing gate and enter a very steep field known as The Terrace. A well-trodden path gently climbs the rounded
flank of the field. Take advantage of the seats to view the splendidly wooded valley stretching up to the Dartmoor foothills. The final 200 yards of Terrace Walk are along a lane exiting into Roborough Lane. Turn right and walk downhill into East Street.
Walk 2 – To Waterleat START as in Walk 1 but take the lower path on Terrace Walk, alongside the River Ashburn. Negotiate the granite stile in the hedge ahead and then set a course for the granite stile which appears in the distant hedge beside Cuddyford Bridge. Cross over the road to a kissing gate leading into a finger-posted path through a field. A well worn track leads into Woodencliffe Woods and Whiddon Scrubs and Woods. After three gates, the very energetic can lengthen their walk by following a wooden signpost marked
Cleder Place.
‘Path’. This takes the walker up the steeply wooded slope. On reaching the top, turn left along a field hedge for 200 yards before turning downhill to eventually negotiate giant man-made steps and so back downhill to the original path again. Look out for half-a-dozen giant sequoia trees beside the Ashburn. When in sight of the wooden (sleeper) bridge over the river, the walker has a choice of three alternatives to return to Ashburton:
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