Walk 1 (3.1m) | Walk 2 (2.4m) | Walk 3 (4.5m) | Walk 4 (6.8m) |
River Walk | Parke Estate | Little Bovey | Lustleigh |
In the 13th century. the Tracey family kept a farm on the Bovey.
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Walk 1 River Walk (3.1 miles)
Difficulty:
An easy and popular walk from Bovey Tracey's main Car Park along the river Bovey and a disused railway returning via footpaths.
There is an option to visit Home Farm Cafe, on the National Trust Parke estate -see Parke Walled Garden on map.
![]() | Home Farm Cafe , Parke Estate |
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Walk 2 Revised trail through Parke Estate (2.4 miles)
Difficulty:
This popular and fairly easy walk follows well maintained footpaths through the Parke estate, near Bovey Tracey, now belonging to the National Trust.
The Walk
A At entrance of Car Park facing the way you came turn right on a path along the fence.
BContinue following a permissive path parallel to a lane. This becomes a public footpath ; continue through woods.
C Turn right at lane and descend to river.
D Continue under disused railway bridge and turn right then right again onto a public footpath.but go up embankment then descend to the River Bovey.
E Do not cross river but continue along the river.
FRecently an area has been cleared with a circular bench!
G After 0.8 miles follow track right to cross river and return to car park (& cafe).
There is also a walled garden, currently under restoration , an orchard with 150 historic Devon cider apple trees and a medieval weir on the meandering Bovey feeding a fishpond and mill in the village of Bovey Tracey.
Walk 2 | |
terrain: | tracks , paths |
country lane | |
main roads | 0 % |
![]() | after rain |
altitude range | 34 - 106 m |
quality of track | **** |
stiles | 2 |
FIT for Watches / GPS | |
![]() | National Trust Car Park at Parke on B3387 nr Bovey Tracey - Free to Members (bring card) |
Walk 2
Walks near Bovey Tracey | |
Stover Park | |
![]() | Enjoy easy family walks through this beautiful park. |
Hennock | |
![]() | A great pub walk with ancient tracks & signs of pre-Victorian rock mining as you walk through the bluebell woods. |
Haytor | |
![]() | There is much more to Haytor than a steep climb to the Tor and back again! Two very popular and fairly easy walks in search of a lost village. |
Lustleigh | |
![]() | Delightful walks from a very picturesque village into a most unspoilt and dramatic part of Devon . |
Liverton | |
![]() | Great walks from a quiet village on the edge of Dartmoor following part of the Dartmoor Way. |
Tottiford Reservoir | |
![]() | Great picnic walks around a peaceful reservoir where Time Team in 2010 made some unique finds. |
Walk 3 Little Bovey (4.3 miles)
Difficulty:
This easy & pleasant 4.5 miles walk takes you South East to Little Bovey.
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![]() | (free) along Coombe Close, Bovey Tracey |
Walk 4 to Lustleigh (6.8 miles)
Difficulty:
Check out a longer but most enjoyable pub walk to Lustleigh.
Home Farm Café | ![]() |