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Drewsteignton - West Anstey

Distance: 36 miles
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
End points:
- Drewsteignton (Grid Ref SX736908)
- West Anstey (Grid Ref SS853274)

This part of the Way crosses the quiet landscape of central Devon, a length giving the opportunity to experience a relatively remote pastoral landscape, a feeling of being far from the modern world. For most of the way the rim of Dartmoor to the south or Exmoor to the north, and often, both, frame the long-distance views. The Way meanders across a landscape of small hedged fields, secretive wooded valleys and high exhilarating pastures, each following the other unpredictably until open moorland is reached at the edge of Exmoor.

Mileages between towns on route:
Drewsteignton - Morchard Bishop: 16 miles
Morchard Bishop - Witheridge: 8 miles
Witheridge - Knowstone: 8 miles
Knowstone - West Anstey: 4 miles

Relevant maps/guides: 1:25,000 scale Explorer no. OL28 Dartmoor; 113 Okehampton; 114 Exeter and the Exe Valley; 127 South Molton and Chulmleigh [very short length]. 1:50,000 scale Landranger no. 191 Okehampton and North Dartmoor, 181 Minehead and Brendon Hills

Facilities along route: Pubs at Drewsteignton, Morchard Road, Morchard Bishop, Black Dog, Witheridge, Knowstone; shops at Drewsteignton, Morchard Bishop, Witheridge, Knowstone, Yeo Mill.

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