Best Honiton Walks

a delightful old market town
Honiton
1 hour walks
     
Select Your WalkWalk 1 (1 m)Walk 2 (2, 3 m)Walk 3 (3.1 m)Walk 4 (5.3 m)
 North Honiton & River Town TrailLittletownOffwell

Honiton, known for its lace, is a fascinating market town built around a Roman Road.


Honiton's main attractions are:

  • High Street Market on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
  • High Street Antique Shops
  • Allhallows Museum of Lace and Antiquities - a museum that showcases local lacework and pottery exhibits, as well as other local history exhibits.
  • The Beehive - a theatre that hosts live music, comedy and drama performances.
  • Thelma Hulbert Gallery - an art gallery that features local art and national exhibitions.

Four top walks from Honiton, all carefully selected.

Point of InterestMarket along High Street on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
museum Free Museum
PubsNumerous pubs in Honiton
No Pubs in Offwell
ToiletsSeveral public toilets
parkingSee Below
  
parkingTown Centre Car Park Postcode:EX14 1LT

Walk 1 Honiton Town Trail (1 mile)

Honiton High Street

  Difficulty:

This is one of our 'Thirty Minute Walks'

A pleasant town trail visiting key historic places, including High Street, Antique shops, main pubs and restaurants.

parking Pay & Display Lace Walk Car Park
  
parkingPostcode: EX14 1LT

 

Walk 2 Honiton town trail (25 mins)

Walk 2 Coombe Wood (2.3 miles)

Difficulty:

River Otter
St Cyre's Hill

This pleasant walk passes through Coombe Woods, known for its blue bells, and offers great views of the Otter Valley.

Some stretches of the route follow pavements.

The Walk

A From Honiton's High Street , an old Roman Road, turn left into Clapper Lane which in the past would have taken you to a clapper bridge across the Otter.

B Entrance to Coombe Wood, known for its carpets of bluebells, is a small gap at the beginning of the wood.

C Take stile on left just before the entrance to a private house.

D A chance to see the river Otter.

 

honiton walk

Map of Walk 1

Walk 3 Honiton to Littletown (3.1 miles)

Littletown Park
Difficulty

A delightful varied walk that can be enjoyed at any time of the year.

Explore several parks, including Honiton Bottom Community, & old town.

 

parking Littletown Road
  
parkingPostcode: EX14 2RW

Map of Walk 3

Walk 4 Honiton to Offwell Revised (5.3 miles)

Offwell Woods
  
Difficulty
starting PointStart : Near Honiton Golf Course

A 5 mile hike to Offwell, famous for its fauna, particularly its bluebells.

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You pass the Bishop's tower, an eighty foot tall square tower built by Bishop Edward Copplestone in 1828.

He was appointed Bishop of Llandaff in South Wales, and decided that if he could see his diocese from the top of the tower he would save himself the journey of having to visit it! He must have been blessed with enviable vision!

Some spectacular views of Honiton.

bishop's tower
  
parkingOff Road near Honiton Golf Course
  
parkingPostcode: EX14 9TR

 

Map of Walk 4

Offwell woods, famous for it's fauna

 Walks near Honiton
  
 Gittisham
Gittisham is an old picture postcard village known for its cob and stone cottages & the Pig
  
 Stockland
Stockland , only accessible via lanes , is a favourite starting point for peaceful hill walking and spectacular views.
  
 Kilmington
A delightful walk, mainly through woods, to the old beacon house where a lookout was posted to keep a wary eye for Armada ships
  
 Awliscombe
Great country walks with spectacular views
  
 Offwell
Two popular walks through Bluebell Woods
  
 
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