Best Calverleigh Walks | exploring rural Devon |
Calverleigh is a charming and peaceful village with a manor house called Calverleigh Court.
The name may refer to a meadow with steep hills (leigh) where calves graze.
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Walk 1:Calverleigh to Loxbeare (4.2 miles)
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An invigorating walk into a very secluded area of Devon.
The Walk
The landscape West of Tiverton is quite hilly so any walk in this area is bound to include steep hills.
A From the car park turn Right and head towards the main road.
Cross over diagonally Left into a quiet lane showing a signpost marked Lurley.
BJust past the letterbox on your left take track on your left.
Continue for just over a mile until you reach a lane and a few houses.
C Where the lane bends to the right take footpath on your left.
You can make a short diversion to Loxbeare by continuing along the lane and at the T junction with another lane turn Right to Loxbeare church. There used to be a school on left near the church.
The origin of the name implies a 'wooded area' (beare).
Retrace steps until you reach the footpath you recently bypassed .
D The next stretch is a steady climb.
Follow path with hedges on your left until you reach Leigh Barton Farm. Continue along drive which is also a public footpath.
Carefully cross Rackenford Road into a lane heading West.
After a steady 150 m climb, turn left onto a track (a public bridlepath) opposite some houses with a red telephone box and continue through a wooded area. There used to be a mill near the stream.
At T junction with another track turn Left, past Hill Farm (on left) and continue heading east
E Turn right at a lane then almost immediately left into Frogwell.
Follow the lane for 1/3 of a mile where it continues as a public bridleway.
This is is quite a steep climb until you reach a lane called Tombstone Lane.
Turn left then soon take a bridle path on your left and descend until a junction near a small woodland.
FTake track left which after a while becomes a lane, leading you back to Calverleigh.
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Walk 2:Calverleigh to Loxbeare (6.5 miles)
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A strenuous but rewarding walk to Loxbear and other hidden hamlets using quiet lanes , foot and bridle paths.
The route takes you to Loxbeare church, North& West Sidborough and Frogwell.
There are no pubs en route.
Calverleigh Walk 2
