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Two pubs - a traditional Hope and Anchor and a more contemporary craft and pizza place next door.

Signs say dogs on leads.... slightly annoying, if your dog likes to cool down with a swim.

Instagram ready photo spot. Steep downhill to get here. Steep uphill to escape.

Donkey Lane is a walled lane leading down from the church towards the new burial ground. It was originally a church path but now it belongs to the Parish as a Public Footpath.

The road runs out here but there's a short stretch of coast path you can push the bike along over to the next headland where you can pick up asphalt road again rather than cutting back inland. Not advisable with cleats on though.

The climb isn't too steep, it's just a long constant grind.

One way system in the town centre and it can be busy with pedestrians

The earliest record of Diptford, mentioned as Bickham, appears in a Charter by King Aethelwulf in AD 847. By 962 AD, it was known as "Beoccan bricge" in King Edgar's charter. Diptford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a small settlement, giving its name to the "Hundred of Diptford," an administrative area in Devon. The village's name derives from the 'deep ford' on the River Avon. A church was built in 1226, expanded in the 15th century. Diptford's school opened in 1845 and became an academy in 2016. Despite limited expansion, Diptford remains a busy and popular village.