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Best Musbury Walks | breathtaking panoramas of East Devon |
Select Your Walk | Walk 1 (4.1 miles) | Walk 2 (2.2 miles) | |
Bulmoor Cross | Musbury Castle |
The name means Mouse Fortification
Extensive views to be enjoyed |
Village Musbury Castle | |
The Hind | |
Free Carpark nr Church |
Walk 1 Bulmoor Cross (4.1 miles)
Difficulty:
This delightful but quite strenuous walk (4.1 miles) follows part of the East Devon Way ;it includes several steep hills and descents.
From the Church Car Park the route follows the East Devon Way & climbs steadily towards Musbury castle, an Iron Age Hill fort.
At the top you are rewarded by spectacular views of East Devon and the Axe valley.
At the end of the walk , after joining Mountainhill Lane, you pass Brimcloseon your left - a Grade II listed cottage, where the author Day Lewis, known for 'The Beast must die' wrote many of his detective novels.
length: | 4.1 miles |
time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
terrain: | tracks bridle/ footpaths |
lanes | |
main roads | 0 % |
2% | |
altitude range | 72 - 173 m |
quality of track | *** |
Map of Walk 1
Walks near Musbury | |
Uplyme | |
Walks of various lengths to explore a totally abandoned viaduct! | |
Axminster | |
Explore the many walking opportunities from Axminster beyond its famous carpet industry. | |
Axmouth | |
Axmouth is a very picturesque village at the end of the Roman Fosse Way offering the walker 2 pubs and magnificent views of the Axe estuary. | |
Stockland | |
Stockland , only accesibly via lanes , is a favourite starting point for peaceful hill walking and spectacular views. | |
Walk 2 Musbury Castle (2.2 miles)
Difficulty:
This very pleasant megalithic hill-fort walk was suggested by one of our contributors.
George Pulman wrote:“The panoramic view of the Valley of the Axe is one of the best throughout its extent, and the eye ranges far beyond that lovely tract – over hill and dale, with water, timber and all other accessories for a perfect English landscape”.
Click below for detailed written instructions.
Musbury Castle Walk |
Free Carpark nr Church |
There is several steep climbs.