Stoke Woods | where Jane Austen once roamed |
| Walk 1 (1.4 miles allow 1 hour) | Walk 2 (7.2 miles) | |
| Stoke Woods | To Bampford Speke |
Some very old and tall trees are found in these woods (NW of Exeter) which during the Middle Ages provided valuable building timber.
Recently most confiners have been replaced with native trees. As a result wood anemonies can be seen during spring.
Note:
Stokewoods has become a victim of its own success!
A walk through Stokewoods is only recommended in summer, when the weather has been dry—unless, of course, you enjoy trudging through a quagmire!
 | Jane Austin & Sense and Sensibility |
 | At Brampford Speke & Stoke Canon |
 | Best Woodland Walks in Devon |
 | Stoke Woods Main Car Park |
Walk 1 Stoke Woods (1.4 miles allow 1 hour)
Difficulty:
This is a short but very pleasant walk to a view point which inspired Jane Austen to write Sense & Sensibility.
In the distance you may be looking at 'Barton Park' , '...four miles northward of Exeter' .
Opposite the car park, at the top of the hill stood once a Roman Signal Station.
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 | The walk includes some steep descents and some stretches can be quite muddy! |
Very steep paths are marked as >> on map.
Walk 1 showing steep paths
length: | 1.9 miles |
main roads | 0 % |
| 2% |
Walk 2 To Bampford Speke (7.2 miles)
Difficulty:
This popular walk through some of the most beautiful countryside Devon has to offer starts at Stokewoods (see Car Park).
It takes you into Brampford Speke via what could have been Jan Austen's Barton Cottage and continues along an old railway line to Stoke Canon & returns via Huxham Church.
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Brampford Speke:Lazy Toad
Stoke Canon :Stoke Canon Inn
Caution:
 | A396 needs to be crossed. |
It follows part of :East Valley Way .
Walk 2 ( 7.2 miles 2h 30 min )
| Walks near Stoke Woods | |
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| Exeter University | Stoke Canon |
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| Cowley | Mincinglake Valley Park |
