Challabrook 3½ km or 21
/4
miles
1. From the Station Road car park (S), go up the footpath to the right of the public toilets, with the river on your left. When the path emerges onto a road, continue until its end. Turn left and after about 40 metres turn right into Ashburton Road, with St John’s Church (A) on your left – 500m. 2. Continue past the Recreation Ground on your left and across the bridge over the A382, and turn left into Brimley Halt. At the end of the road go through the gate and follow a footpath behind some houses and then past Pottery Pond to go through a further gate where the path meets Pottery Road (B) – 600m. 3. Do not go out onto the road but turn sharp right to follow another track. This follows the line of the old granite tramway which was used to bring stone down from the Haytor quarries and is now the Templer Way. Look out for the ‘3 miles’ milestone on the right hand side just after some garages. Follow the path, crossing Ashburton Road and then Brimley Road. Shortly after this you will see the granite rails of the tramway. Continue to the road junction at the end of the path (C) – 850m. 4. Turn right, taking a footpath opposite which runs parallel to the road and after crossing an old tramway bridge with an information board adjacent, rejoins the road. Continue along the road for about 100 metres and take the signposted footpath through a farm gate and along a metalled track to Challabrook Farm (D) – 600m. 5. Approaching the farm, pass through another gate, turn right following the footpath sign to go through the farmyard. After passing through some gateways turn right to pass in front of a large barn. Pass through another farm gate to follow a grassy track between post and wire fences. Go through a wooden gate, over a culvert and past a seat and the memorial cross to a Royalist Officer slain in 1645 and continue alongside a stream until the A382 (E) – 600m. 6. Cross the road with a gate each side, to rejoin the footpath which after a short while brings you to a road junction. Go straight on until you reach a T-junction where you turn left and then right opposite the Dolphin Hotel, into Station Road. The car park is then on the right hand side after about 100 metres – 400m.
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