Cycle Around North Devon
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Distance Junction Directions and Instructions (miles) Layout Plan Adjoining Route Picnic site Routes 95p Rivers § Church 9 Easy to 4 or more Hill, Food 10% off pointing 10 Follow Directions. downhill T Toilets No map reading Woodland ¥ Telephone Route 11 Route 11 Statistics: Distance: 21.4 miles Height lost/gained: 555m 11 Cycle Around Highest Point: 170m Lowest Point: 71m 8 3 5 CPT 10 § 23 9 24 § Viaduct Pyworthy Chasty Holsworthy Square 7 11 Route 9 & 10 both start and finish at Holsworthy Square 12 Corfcott Green 22 Further Information Car parking: N North Devon North 13 Park in the Main Holsworthy Memorial Hall Tamarton § car park and leave by the arch towards the 21 Holsworthy via Boyton shortcut Square 14 circular Tetcott § ¥ 20 Local Tourist Information Centres: Lana 21.4 miles, 1.0 off-road Holsworthy Visitor Centre, The Square (with shortcut) 10.9 (01409) 254185 19 Cycle Hire operators: An attractive ride, the rst none in Holsworthy Torridge Cycle Hire, Great Torrington loop being easier than the (01805) 622633 Chapmans 18 hillier second section Well Relevant OS Maps: 17 Landranger 190, 1:50,000 ¥ For further information on walks 15 § and cycle routes in this area © West Country Walks, 2004 Country Walks, © West Route Prole: Boyton 16 please contact 175m 150m 125m 01271 88 31 31 100m 75m www.westcountrywalks.co.uk 7 9 10 12 14 1516 17 19 20 21 22 23 0m 2m 4m 6m 8m 10m 12m 14m 16m 18m 20m www.walkcyclenorthdevon.co.uk Ruby Country initiative is a rural regeneration project in NW Devon. It Published by West Country Walks and supported by the takes its name from the red ruby cattle which are common in this area. North Devon Marketing Bureau, Barnstaple. Always go straight on unless otherwise directed Holsworthy via Pyworthy, North Tamerton, Boyton, Chap- Distance Junction Directions and Instructions Distance Junction Directions and Instructions mans Well, Tetcott and back to Holsworthy. 21.4 miles, 1 (miles) Layout Plan (miles) Layout Plan mile off-road. This ride can be shortened to 10.9 miles by avoiding the harder second section. This ride starts nice and easy as it crosses the old viaduct that 6 00.20 on swinging right-hand 16 00.40 Boyton carried the railway out of Holsworthy Station, continuing for about 00.40 bend, TL down cycleway 10.30 TL SP Northcott a mile before returning to small roads. It continues on a fairly level route to the short cut turning where you can decide to ride the short between bungalows, SP or long route. The longer route becomes more hilly as it crosses into NCN3 Cornwall and back into Devon again. There is a very short section 00.10 TR on to viaduct and of main road riding before continuing through small hamlets back 7 02.60 Chapmans Well 00.50 follow cycleway 17 to meet the shorter route. The route climbs before levelling out and 12.90 Beware, main road then dropping back to Holsworthy. TL SP Holsworthy A388, cycle route Mileages are within 0.10 of a mile. The rst shown is the 8 00.60 when cycleway ends, go distance between Junction layouts and the second is the 01.10 through gate and TL over 00.10 Peeke Moor Cross accumulated mileage of the route. 18 old bridge up farm lane 13.00 TL SP Lufncott Distance Junction Directions and Instructions (miles) Layout Plan XR= cross rd; TJ=T junction; 9 00.20 on reaching road, TR You are at TL,TR=turn left/right; 01.30 towards Pyworthy SP 01.20 bear R SP Tetcott, cycle SO=straight on; SP=signs; NCN3 19 L,R=left/right 14.20 route 00.90 Pyworthy leave the Memorial Hall car 10 1 00.00 02.20 TL SP N Tamarton 00.00 park towards the Square through the arch by the 20 01.00 Tetcott Village Visitor Centre 15.20 TL SP N Tamarton, cycle Routes 9 & 10 start & nish 00.70 Broadshill Cross route here 11 02.90 SO SP N Tamarton 2 00.00 TR out of the arch and take 01.50 Commons Gate 00.00 the exit from the Square in 21 16.70 (shortcut continues here) The the corner ahead 00.40 Brookshouse Cross 12 TR SP Corfcott Green, Square 03.30 TR Clawton 3 00.10 go ahead ignoring Victoria 22 01.60 Corfcott Green 00.10 St on L and TL into Glebe 13 02.70 SO SP Launceston, N 18.30 Continue SO Lane (pavement) 06.00 Tamarton (shortcut: TL SP Claw- ton, go to 21) 02.80 Coles Mill Bridge 00.40 23 4 00.10 at XR go SO into West- 14 North Tamarton 21.10 TL on to A388 and follow 06.40 00.20 croft Road TL SP Boyton up hill under old railway bridge 15 03.50 TL SP Boyton 24 00.30 bear L into Holsworthy 09.90 21.40 Square 5 00.00 TL into Deer Valley Road, 00.20 SP NCN3 I hope you enjoyed this ride. Always go straight on unless otherwise directed.