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Stage 1: Exeter to Budleigh Salterton — East Devon Trail

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Stage 1: Exeter to Budleigh Salterton — East Devon Trail

Alexio planned a bike ride

June 27, 2022

Stage 1: Exeter to Budleigh Salterton — East Devon Trail

Moderate

02:50

36.4km

12.9km/h

360m

370m

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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Includes a movable bridge

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After 3.27 km for 18 m

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2.83 km

Exeter Quayside

Highlight • Cafe

lots to do along the Quay, saw ducks, swans great places to eat and drink, there are many different routes you can stay on a path or walk through mud …

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4.58 km

Riverside Valley Park Gravel Path

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This shared use pedestrian and cycling track is a great alternative to the canal cycle path: much wider which allows for more walkers and cyclists during busier times. The wide …

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10.3 km

Route 2 Bike Shop & Café

Highlight • Rest Area

A brilliant little stop off, named after the National Cycle Network Route 2. There's a bike shop with hire bikes as well as a little, but brilliant, café here.

Topsham …

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11.2 km

Bowling Green Marsh Bird Hide

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great place to stop and watch the wildlife

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12.2 km

Exe Estuary Trail

Highlight • Trail

Lovely bit of traffic-free path between Topsham and Exton on the way to Exmouth seafront.

Well surfaced and ideal for any type of bike as well as walkers and runners. …

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14.0 km

Exton Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Brilliant linking way from the Exe Estuary path at Exton up towards the village of Woodbury. It's a single lane-width track that's rough in places, so better suited to gravel, …

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17.1 km

Castle Lane Climb from Woodbury Village

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

A long, steady climb from Woodbury village up to Woodbury Common, this links up to the golf course near Woodbury Castle.

Enjoy the pretty village and thatched cottages as you …

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19.1 km

Bridleway to Woodbury Castle

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great alternative to the steeper top of Castle Lane, along a rutted and often wet wide bridleway before a sharper climb up to the car park opposite Woodbury Castle.

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20.1 km

View of the River Exe from Woodbury Common

Highlight • Natural Monument

With Woodbury Castle just behind, it would be easy to pass this viewpoint by entirely. But as the Exe Valley drops away below and you can see across the River …

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20.3 km

Woodbury Castle — Iron Age hillfort

Highlight • Forest

An Iron Age hillfort now cloaked in beech trees, Woodbury Castle sits high on beautiful heathland. It has exceptional earthworks and you can roam amongst its ramparts and down into …

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20.3 km

Woodbury Common Trails from Woodbury Castle

Highlight • Natural

It's almost as if Woodbury Common was made for gravel riders and mountain bikers. Besides being the training ground for the nearby Royal Marines, the Common features a network of …

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21.8 km

East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

Highlight • Natural

The Pebblebed Heaths are a series of nine areas in East Devon that share the same incredibly important habitat, and are managed by Clinton Devon Estates and the RSPB.

These …

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22.0 km

East Devon Way

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

You'll notice the purple signs and foxglove symbols of the East Devon Way along these wide pebblebed trails on Woodbury Common, from the Woodbury Castle hill fort running parallel alongside …

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24.2 km

Hawkerland Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A short downhill fast section through tight woodland. Loads of corners and little jumps to get you going.

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28.8 km

Sheep Dip Obstacle

Highlight • Structure

This is an obstacle called Sheep Dip. It consists of two pools connected by two underwater tunnels and is used by the Royal Marines for training.

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29.0 km

This bank once formed the backstop for military target practice, and when you get closer you can see the bunkers where people would hold up the targets from. Thankfully these days it's all electronic!

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29.8 km

Blackhill Quarry Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Ride through the centre of the old quarry here, with the lakes to either side and views to the coast. Look out on the water for birds, including Canada geese and tufted ducks.

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36.2 km

Budleigh Salterton Seafront

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The lovely flat road to spin along the seafront. A little busy at times but a wide road with mostly slow traffic. Worth a little bustle to enjoy the seaside. …

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36.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.1 km

8.32 km

6.90 km

5.29 km

1.33 km

392 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.9 km

9.84 km

9.76 km

884 m

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Stage 1: Exeter to Budleigh Salterton — East Devon Trail

Exeter Quayside

Riverside Valley Park Gravel Path

Route 2 Bike Shop & Café

Bowling Green Marsh Bird Hide

Exe Estuary Trail

Exton Bridleway

Castle Lane Climb from Woodbury Village

Bridleway to Woodbury Castle

View of the River Exe from Woodbury Common

Woodbury Castle — Iron Age hillfort

Woodbury Common Trails from Woodbury Castle

East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

East Devon Way

Hawkerland Bridleway

Sheep Dip Obstacle

View of the Mantle Bank

Blackhill Quarry Trail

Budleigh Salterton Seafront

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