Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon

This is a 10 mile circular walking route in Hartland, Devon which took me 5 hours to complete on a fabulous day of glorious sunshine.

This area of coastline is stunning and well worth booking a self-catering cottage either side of the Devon and Cornwall border as the perfect base for some really good walks.

Driving in to the small village of Hartland I headed for the free car park. From here I walked passed the Hart Inn and turned right down North Street and then followed the road passed the bus stop walking left at the signpost for Hartland Point.

I crossed over Pattard Bridge and followed the lane right passing a lane on the right turning right up some steps on my right and then climbed over a stile. I walked across the field, keeping to the right hand side, to rejoin the lane.

Continuing my walk I turned right and right again at Youltree Cross and then left at Moor Cross to Exmansworthy turning left at the second lane signposted No Through Road.

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Exmansworthy

I walked passed Exmansworthy Farm turning right at the small National Trust car park and crossed the stile to a green lane continuing my walk to another stile that lead in to open fields. where I walked straight across to join the South West Coast Path.

Right, with the boring bit out of the way the rest of this walk was simply amazing – breathtaking scenery and absolutely gorgeous coastline and because all I had to do was follow the coastal path to Hartland Quay I was able to completely switch off and relax.

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Lundy Island

With a blue hazy sky and clear blue sea every so often I’d catch a glance of Lundy Island on my right hand side as I made my way along Exmansworthy Cliff to Chapman Rock and then Fatacott Cliff to Gawlish Cliff and Eldern Point. I continued my walk in heaven to Titchberry, Shipload Bay and the Radar Tower at Barley Bay.

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Shipload Bay

After the Barley Bay it didn’t take that long to arrive at the Lighthouse at Hartland Point where I stopped for lunch thinking ‘wow, this walk is amazing and I never want it to end!’.

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Hartland Point Lighthouse

After lunch I continued my walk to Cow & Calf and Upright Cliff where the walk started to get a little bit more demanding with very steep descents and ascents along the combes – Damehole Point, Dyer’s Lookout and Broad Beach which really took their toll on my knees before I reached The Warren, an area of open fields leading to Hartland Quay.

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Hartland

I continued my walk passed the ruined tower, where I attempted to take a picture of St Nectan’s Church in Stoke through the remaining archway – you can see it if you look hard enough!

Walks And Walking – Hartland Walk in Devon – Hartland Tower

I then walked left at the road to Hartland Quay and walked all the way up to the church at Stoke passing the toilets on my left hand side continuing up the road to Hartland Abbey to finish my walk back at the car park in Hartland.

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