Select Your Walk | Walk 1 (1.6 miles) | Walk 2 (2.5 miles) | Walk 3 (8 miles) |
Getting to know Cranbrook | Easy to Rockbeare | Cranbrook to Ashclyst Forest |
Please note :Construction may affect some of the routes.
![]() | Roman Road Ashclyst Forest , solar farm , wind mill |
![]() | Cranberry Farm New Inn at Broadclyst |
![]() | Residential:Cranbrook or Rockbeare |
Walk 1 Getting to know Cranbrook (2.6 miles)
Difficulty:
An ideal (dog) walk to explore the paths surrounding Cranbrook - some may get muddy after heavy rain.
Walks near Cranbrook: |
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Rockbeare | Broadclyst |
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Whimple |
Walk 2 Easy to Rockbeare (2.5 miles)
Difficulty:
This easy walk explores recently opened paths and the tranquil village of Rockbeare.
There is no pub en route but read below.
Just before the Cranbrook Education Campus the turn right into an old lane which leads to the old Roman road between Exeter and Dorchester.
Cross over with care , turn left and near the vet follow the footpath on your right across a field to Rockbeare meaning 'a group of trees for Rooks'.
If you happen to be passing the Jack and the Green pub you have 'accidentally' missed the turn by 0.1 of a mile or 2 minutes.
When you join the residential road, turn right, cross the bridge and at the triangle bear right past the Post Office into Parsons Lane. Follow this back to Cranbrook.
Unfortunately the walk is not suitable for prams or young children.
Walk 3 Cranbrook to Ashclyst Forest (8 miles)
Difficulty:
![]() | Ashclyst Forest , solar farm , wind mill |
Starting near the new school, this pleasant 3 hour walk takes you past a solar farm into Ashclyst Forest using public and permissive footpaths avoiding as far as possible busy lanes.
As you skirt Ashclyst Forest using the 'blue trail' there are some magnificent views of Broadclyst and beyond.
It returns via the New Inn at Broadclyst and a disused windmill dating back to 1786.