Best Devon Walks
 
Best Newton St Cyres to Shobrooke Walk
 
Orchards
Orchards
 
 

 

Point of InterestThe Beer Engine

Difficulty:

Distance: 5.4 miles

This pub walk takes you North of Newton St Cyres into a relatively secluded area of Devon,through orchards and along a golf course ;it follows part of the Devonshire Heartland Way,linking the Exe Valley with Okehampton. The tracks are generally very good.

You may like to take a break at the Red Lion pub at Shobrooke - see map.

At the end of the walk you may be tempted to visit the famous Beer Engine built around 1850 as a railway hotel and established as a pub and brewery in 1983.

Beer Engine
Beer Engine
length:
5.4 miles
time:
2hrs 15 mins
terrain:
tracks, paths
lanes
main roads
0 %
2%
altitude range
30 - 95 m
quality of track
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parking

Cricket Club near the Station

  
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There is one steepish climb.

 

 Walks nearby
 
Newton St Cyres
 
 
The pine fresh forests south of Newton St Cyres offer ithe walker complete tranquility and unsurpassed natural beauty.
 
Shobrooke
 
 
Shobrooke, East of Crediton, is a most popular centre for walkers. Two great walks with extensive views of tranquil rolling hills.
 
Crediton
 
 
Many great walks of varying lengths to choose from.
 
Brampford Speke
 
 
This short walk starts in the idyllic village of Brampford Speke and partly follows the Exe Valley Way; the church of Upton Pyne is well worth visit.
 
Cowley
 
 
A short circular walk near Cowley through Pynes Cross estate which inspired Jane Austen to write Sense and Sensibility.