WALKING

WEST DEVON

On this web site you will find over 70 free to use walks on the West side of Dartmoor covering an area from Plymstock to Okehampton and from Milton Abbot to Princetown.

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To explore a series of walks just click on the title or picture

If you have been out with the Tavistock Ramblers you may have been on one of these walks .

I would love to have a bit of feed back or a review of a walk you have tried.

Please read these safety notes before you go walking

Happy Walking.

Dartmoor Walks

Village and Countryside walks

Village and Countryside Walks do have a bit of moorland walking but they are mostly outside of the Dartmoor National Park open access area.

THE WEST DEVON WAY

The West Devon Way is a 37 mile route between Plymstock on the east side of Plymouth and Okehampton on the north side of Dartmoor. I have divided it up into 15 circular walks averaging 5.5 miles starting in Plymstock and ending in Okehampton.

TAMAR VALLEY WALKS

Here you will find 10 walks of Historical and archaeological interest from Cargreen to Sydenham Damerel

The River Plym Trail

A series of 8 circular walks from Laira Bridge to Plym Head walking the full length of the river.

PUB WALKS

Here I have put together all the walks where there is a pub at the start or in the middle or end. There are no new walks. Some pubs have several walks you can go on.

BuStop walks

If you don’t have a car then take the bus to the start of the walk. Most of the walks use the No1 Stagecoach bus that travels between Plymouth Royal Parade and Tavistock. There are also walks using the 118 from Tavistock to Okehampton and the 79 that goes from Tavistock to Callington

Wheelchair Walks

Walks that may be suitable for motorised wheelchairs and trampers

In 2023 Devon County Council with encouragement from Tavistock Ramblers and their footpath officer upgraded the footpath along the Tavistock canal to make it suitable for wheelchair access. Click here to see that route. There are also lots more trails and tracks in West Devon that are quite suitable for wheelchairs and trampers to use some of which are listed here by clicking on the box below. If you haven’t already done so why not join the Disabled Ramblers Group or more locally the Dartmoor Wheeled Access Group.

NEWS AND UPDATES

Three New walks for you to try.

A Circumnavigation of Chagford

Find it under Village and Countryside walks but I have also put it in Dartmoor North walks as it is well within the Dartmoor National Park and does cross open access land. A 4 mile walk that includes a bit of the Two Moors Way.

Lydford a short walk

A walk that takes you all the way around the ancient village of Lydford with its castle and is only 2 miles. Walk ancient footpaths go past an equally ancient spring and under a huge disused viaduct. Find it under Pub Walks or Village and Countryside Walks.

Okehampton Castle and the Tarka Trail.

A 4.2 mile walk that takes you high up above the town for some splendid views and to walk through a prehistoric hillfort. Then to walk the Tarka Trail by the river and visit Okehampton castle which is now free to go around.

News

If you are walking around Bere Ferrers on Tamar Valley Walks 2 the alternative option at the end of the walk is presently not possible because at that lower end of Footpath 2 where it meets the main road into the village the ladder style has been damaged by fire.

Also just opposite the burnt out ladder stile

The footpath that goes up to the station from the main road in is presently closed while some utility work is being undertaken.

If you are planning on doing a Meavy or Burrator walk be aware the Royal Oak pub in Meavy is closing on the 15th of December and there is no kitchen as of the end of November.