Holsworthy — Halwill Junction
Holhal one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Holsworthy and Halwill Junction.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Holsworthy and Halwill Junction.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
There are currently no problems reported with this route.
Downloads - 3
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Holsworthy
Grid Ref
SS3435503899
Lat / Lon
50.81089° / -4.35255°
Easting / Northing
234,355E / 103,899N
What3Words
clogging.streaks.points
Halwill Junction
Grid Ref
SX4439099919
Lat / Lon
50.77791° / -4.20854°
Easting / Northing
244,390E / 99,919N
What3Words
luxury.exposes.manly
Holhal One's land is
| Holsworthy | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SS3435503899 |
| Lat / Lon | 50.81089° / -4.35255° |
| Easting / Northing | 234,355E / 103,899N |
| What3Words | clogging.streaks.points |
| Halwill Junction | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SX4439099919 |
| Lat / Lon | 50.77791° / -4.20854° |
| Easting / Northing | 244,390E / 99,919N |
| What3Words | luxury.exposes.manly |
| Arable | 22.0% |
| Moors | 0.8% |
| Pasture | 36.4% |
| Urban | 3.6% |
| Woods | 37.1% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
JGraham
23 May 2021I walked and reviewed this route on a damp day in early May 2021 accompanied by my two dogs.
Overall this was a very pleasant walk through the unspoilt and very rural North Devon countryside.
I have given 4 stars rather than the maximum 5 due to an error when leaving Holsworthy town and a very unsafe 0.75 miles along a fast A road with no pedestrian off road route. There are easy diversions to avoid both of these concerns which I took to keep safe and legal.
Leaving Holsworthy, it is not possible to cross the viaduct as indicated as this is private land with no public access. Instead I followed the footpath behind the church which crosses the river and a couple of fields (sometimes with livestock) and emerges at the A338 just above and opposite the off road track following the old railway line known locally as the Ruby Way.
The track is and well maintained to Staddon Lane which is then crossed and the track continues to reach the hamlet of Hollacombe. The next (and largest portion) of this Slow Way then follows very quiet narrow country lanes until is joins the very busy and unsafe A3092 towards Okehampton. I diverted at this point to continued on narrow lanes (where I was treated to a herd of fallow deer crossing from field to woodland) to join a public footpath that crosses Langaford Moor emerging at a safe point to cross the A3092 to continue off road through Forestry woodland and a Devon Wildlife Trust nature reserve to Hallwill Junction.
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