비킹턴 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

If the water looks deep there is a footbridge. But the local council has made it impossible for a tandem, or even a push chair to easily get through. Bad council.

Photo shows some of the Toby Jugs made at the pottery.

Bottle kiln at Applewoods Factory. Bottle kiln. Probably late 19th or early 20th century, re-erected on this site for the Devonmoor Art Pottery in 1932 or 1934. Yellow brick, the flue distinctly darker in colour. Square base reinforced with railway rails. It is believed to be a Revelation kiln brought here from Candy's Pottery, Heathfield, Bovey Tracey. The kiln lies at the north-east end of the factory, behind a low range of buildings fronting the road to Ilsington village. The Devonmoor Art Pottery was founded in 1922. The factory is marked "Old Foundry" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of 1905. Source: Sites and Monuments Register, County Hall, Exeter. Listing NGR: SX8059275102

Revelation kiln from Candy's Pottery, Heathfield. Probably late 19th or early 20th century, re-erected on this site for the Devonmoor Art Pottery in 1932 or 1934. Yellow brick, the flue distinctly darker in colour. Square base reinforced with railway rails. It was confirmed by Mr Hope the son of the founder of the Devonmoor Art Pottery in Liverton as a revelation kiln; similar in shape to a bottle kiln but had a different function.

St Michael's is a stunning Grade I-listed church in the picturesque village of Ilsington. The church dates to the late 13th or early 14th century and was remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries. If you’re here, the nearby Carpenters Arms pub is a good place to stop, too.

Best ridden down hill (East to west). Steep and rough. The ground it smooth rock with big holes and ruts. Fairly grippy in the dry, lacking in grip in the wet. Often a bit of debry to deal with.

Chill gravel at the top, where its flat. Less chill on the slope. If you climb it, you'll likely walk. As a descent it's rough and challenging. Lots of loose rock and deep ruts, a couple of ledges, creating small drops. Much harder after the very wet winter we just had (2019-20). It used to be that you could blast down without much line choice, only bearing in mind the small drops. Now however there is a deep and narrow rut that goes most of the way down and zig zags from the left to the right, requiring more route choice during the decent. If a weekend keep your ears open for engines, often used by 4x4s and motor bikes.

Extremely steep, rutted, slippery rock, but mercifully quite short. Plaque at the top of the climb out of the valley to the south commemorating something to do with trials biking, and I can see why they like it so much! Absolutely no chance of getting up this with my mediocre skill on a gravel bike.