Best Newton St Cyres to Shobrooke Walk |
 | The 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.
"The 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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 | Cricket Club near the Station |
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There is one steepish climb.
Newton St Cyres Orchard Walk
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| Newton St Cyres | |
 | The pine fresh forests south of Newton St Cyres offer ithe walker complete tranquility and unsurpassed natural beauty. |
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