Walks from Totnes

Recommended: An excellent route that's full of delicious paths and old unmetalled lanes. A route full of delicious paths and old unmetalled lanes, including the lovely holloway of Fleet Mill Lane, then quiet lanes with one cross-field footpath and finishing at the seaside. Fairly accessible with no stiles but some steps and steep gradients; lanes can be muddy at times. Well served by public transport at both ends; follows the historic holloway of Fleet Mill Lane.

Time: 4h–7h30

End-of-walk reward: Paignton seafront has public toilets, a small shop, ice cream and good pubs.

Warnings: Care is needed on the narrow Aish Road / Lembury Road south of Coombe House Lane where wider vehicles need to pass.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Beautiful countryside & villages; Fabulous views towards the moors. Footpaths, bridleways, unmetalled roads and quiet, leafy country lanes through rolling Devon countryside, with pavement sections in towns and villages. Some quite steep gradients and with field paths between villages. At Earlscombe Farm a footpath has been recently diverted, so follow the waymarked route rather than the GPX line.

Time: 6h30–13h30

Lunch: A pub at Ugborough and another at Harberton, both roughly mid-route.

End-of-walk reward: Plenty of transport and refreshment options in Totnes.

Warnings: Numerous gates and stiles, including a couple of ladder stiles and a stone step stile with ropes. One slightly tricky crossing of the B3196 near Kittaford Cross, with steps down to the road, so listen for traffic before committing.

Walk details: Slow Ways.