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Holne is a pretty little village just a short hop from the delightful River Dart. It's home to a good pub, the 13th-century Church House Inn, as well as a charming little Community Shop and tea room. From the village, you can walk to the impressive outcrop at Bench Tor or explore the wooded Dart Gorge, with its lovely wild swimming spots.

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Very nice church and chapel. Very worthwhile. Free entrance

Nice reward after the climb; also with some banks.

Nice reward after the climb; several rest benches

Can get pretty muddy but beautiful through here on the doubletrack.

The Romanesque Revival style church is constructed of gray limestone and yellow Ham Hill stone. The interior is of white Bath stone and the vault rises 15m above the nave. The main altar is decorated with gold, enamel jewelry and the sacrament chapel (1966) has beautiful stained glass windows.

High up in Hembury Woods is Hembury Castle. Not just an Iron Age Hillfort but also a Norman Motte and Bailey Castle which was built into the fort. It is known locally as Danes Camp, perhaps due to a legendary viking invasion. The Danes sailed up the River Dart and attacked the hillfort, capturing both the fort and the women who lived there. When the vikings fell into a slumber, they were killed by the women and the danes ousted. It is a great place to visit with children to combine history with nature. There is plenty of carparking at Hembury Woods and short walks up to the castle or longer tracing the River Dart.