Best Castle Drogo Walks

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Select Your Walk	Walk 1 (4.1 m)	Walk 2 (5.7 m)	Walk 3 (3.8 m)

	Fingle Bridge Best Route	Fingle Bridge & Cranbrook Castle	Fingle Bridge Quiet Route

Three delightful walks near Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton ideal any time of the year!

This impressive 'mock' castle was built between 1910 and 1930 by Lutyens for Julius Drewe who became rich by importing tea.
The house has much to fascinate the whole family including its own telephone and hydro-electric systems - the river was used to provide the electricity!

Where to Eat?
	Fingle Bridge Inn

Walks near Castle Drogo
	Chagford.
	Superb walks from this bustling Market town exploring the stunning beauty of this part of Dartmoor.

	Moretonhampstead
	Moretonhampstead , gateway to Dartmoor, is an ideal town for walkers to explore the lush edge of the moor.

	South Zeal
	Two popular pub walks exploring North Dartmoor

	Castle Drogo, Cranbrook Castle Fingle Bridge

	Castle Drogo National Trust or Fingle Bridge

	SATNAV Postcode:EX6 6PB

Both walks could start at Fingle Bridge near the pub.

Walk 1 Most Popular (4.1 miles)

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If you have never done this walk before, it's a must ! A castle, pub and river walk combined through one of the most magical landscapes in Devon!

Follow the famous Hunters' Path and return at Fingle Bridge via a riverside path, Fisherman's Path.

Note:this public path is rocky in parts and can be quite slippery.

A hundred years ago Black wrote :

'Thus one mounts to the Hunter's Path along the top of the gorge, on this side heather clad and crowned with firs, while the other is mantled with the copsewood of Whyddon Park...The windings of the river make a fine sight from the upper path, on which comes a reputed logan - stone. After following this for a mile one comes into sight of the lonely bridge'

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All walks pass the popular
Fingle Bridge Inn.

Walk 1

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Walk 2 Cranbrook Castle (5.7 miles)

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A longer, varied, more strenuous but equally rewarding walk to Cranbrook Castle, an Iron Age hill fort, with it's magnificent panoramic views of Dartmoor and Castle Drogo.

There is a steepish climb at Fingle Bridge - see below.

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