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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ashburton and Bovey Tracey.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ashburton and Bovey Tracey.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Ashburton
Grid Ref
SX7555669845
Lat / Lon
50.51512° / -3.75662°
Easting / Northing
275,556E / 69,845N
What3Words
hills.gobblers.grafted
Bovey Tracey
Grid Ref
SX8154878455
Lat / Lon
50.59376° / -3.67488°
Easting / Northing
281,548E / 78,455N
What3Words
regard.hunk.reckoned
Ashbov One's land is
| Ashburton | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SX7555669845 |
| Lat / Lon | 50.51512° / -3.75662° |
| Easting / Northing | 275,556E / 69,845N |
| What3Words | hills.gobblers.grafted |
| Bovey Tracey | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SX8154878455 |
| Lat / Lon | 50.59376° / -3.67488° |
| Easting / Northing | 281,548E / 78,455N |
| What3Words | regard.hunk.reckoned |
| Arable | 29.1% |
| Pasture | 39.3% |
| Urban | 17.4% |
| Woods | 14.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Charles Hedley
26 Jun 2023Very nice route. Not too long but quite hilly. A good mix of lane working and footpaths.
Helen C
10 Mar 2023I really enjoyed this SlowWay. Both Ashburton and Bovey Tracey are great local towns with a good range of interesting independent shops & cafés. It makes a good half day walk (or a pub walk, stopping for lunch at the Carpenters Arms in Ilsington!). Both Ashburton & Bovey are well served by a regular bus service.
The route is not accessible for all, with steps, stiles & steep gradients (typical of the area).
I walked from Ashburton to Bovey. The route leads out of town along pavement then turns up steps to a footpath which runs through fields & woodland & enclosed lane. From Owlacombe Cross it follows quiet country lanes with very little traffic.
Approaching Ilsington it descends Simms Hill an unmetalled lane, famous in motor trials for its steep gradient! I walked it a couple of days before an annual trial so markers had been set out for that. Normally it would not see much traffic!
The route continues on quiet lanes past Ilsington - pub & community shop - cutting through Ilsington Wood on a footpath, then lanes & finally pavement sections into Bovey.
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LouRos
02 Jun 2022This is a great walk.
I went from Bovey Tracey to Ashburton, and took a slightly different route for the first section.
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