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Email: [email protected] www.greatscenicrailways.com www.dcrp.org.uk Teignmouth FCN 351044/01 Your guide to exploring Devon by train Barnstaple Glorious beaches, estuaries, wooded valleys – soak up the views on your way to beloved coastal destinations. 1 1 Tarka Line Exeter Central – Barnstaple 2 Riviera Line Exeter Central – Paignton BUDE 3 Avocet Line Exeter St Davids – Exmouth Honiton 5 4 Tamar Valley Line Plymouth – Gunnislake Exeter 5 West of England Line Okehampton 3 Exeter – Axminster – London Waterloo DEVON Exmouth 2 PADSTOW Gunnislake NEWTON ABBOT Liskeard Three BestCORNWALL Scenic Views Paignton Newquay 4 from the train Par Plymouth Riviera Line Looe If you can, sit on the left hand side of the train when you get on at Exeter St Davids. The views out across the sea wall at Truro Dawlish are fantastic! St Ives St Erth Tarka Line It ’s all Look for the small church on the hill near about the Penzance Eggesford, lovely,Falmouth rolling Docks Devon scenery particularly between Eggesford and journey Umberleigh. Tamar Valley Line The highlight is when the train travels over the Calstock Viaduct which links Devon and Cornwall. 2 3 TExeterhe CentralTarka - Barnstaple Line Barnstaple The line Exeter Central Exeter St Davids Beautiful scenic journey through lush Devon countryside; excellent walks from stations along the line; Newton St Cyres wealth of independent shops in Barnstaple; country pubs Crediton to explore; cycle link along the Tarka Trail. Yeoford Highlights Copplestone … Barnstaple shopping and its historic Pannier Market Morchard Rd and Butchers’ Row Lapford … Hire a bike and cycle the traffic free Tarka Trail from Barnstaple station Eggesford Three Best Walks … Shopping, museums and the Cathedral in Exeter Kings Nympton Access to the beautiful North Devon Coast via the Yeoford Circular … Portsmouth Arms (see page 16) South West Coast Path Great walks from Tarka Line stations Umberleigh Teignmouth to Shaldon … via River Teign ferry Begin your journey… in Exeter (EX4 4NT). Chapelton Exton to Topsham How long does it take? Just over an hour. Barnstaple Great value tickets £10 adult, £5 child. Find out more, look up train times and plan your trip here The Tarka Line runs 7 days a week, all year round except greatscenicrailways.co.uk/explore-tarka-line Christmas and Boxing Day. 4 5 ExeterThe CentralRiviera - Paignton Line Dawlish Paignton Iconic journey along the sea wall at Dawlish; seaside towns of Dawlish and Teignmouth; the beaches and coastline of the English Riviera. Highlights … The journey! … Te i g n m o u t h s e a f r o n t a n d V i c t o r i a n P i e r Exe Estuary Trail The line … Exeter Central … Beaches in Torquay and Paignton … Dartmouth Steam Railway Exeter St Davids Begin your journey… in Exeter (EX4 4NT). Exeter St Thomas How long does it take? Approx. 45 minutes. Starcross Great Value tickets £6.70 adult, £3.35 child. Dawlish Warren Dawlish Teignmouth Three Best Find out more, look up train times and plan your trip Newton Abbot Beaches by train greatscenicrailways.co.uk/ Torre Teignmouth explore-riviera-line Torquay Torquay The Riviera Line runs 7 days Exmouth a week, all year round except Paignton Teignmouth Christmas and Boxing Day. 6 7 TheExeter StAvocet Davids - ExmouthLine Topsham Highlights … The historic port town of Topsham for its independent shops (and The Bridge Inn!) … Two miles of golden sands in Exmouth … E xe E s t u a r y T ra i l … Access to the Jurassic Coast The line Begin your journey… Exeter St Davids in Exeter (EX4 4NT). Scenic journey along the Exe Estuary; historic Topsham, Exeter Central How long does it take? Approx. 30 minutes. Exmouth’s golden sands; links to the Exe Estuary trail. St James Park Great value tickets Polsloe Bridge £4.30 adult, £2.15 child. Digby & Sowton Find out more, look up train Three Best Spots for Newcourt times and plan your trip greatscenicrailways.co.uk/ watching wildlife Topsham The Avocet Line - Birds explore-avocet-line Exton The Tarka Line - Deer, buzzards The Avocet Line runs 7 and otter if you’re lucky Lympstone Commando days a week, all year round except Christmas and Teignmouth/Dawlish - Birds Lympstone Village Boxing Day. Exmouth 8 9 TPlymouthhe Tamar - Gunnislake Valley Line Calstock Unspoilt area of outstanding natural beauty; tranquil riverside villages of Calstock and Bere Ferrers; car free access to National Trust Cotehele; Mining Heritage around Calstock and Gunnislake. Highlights The train journey, particularly as it crosses from Devon … Plymouth to Cornwall over the spectacular Calstock Viaduct … Calstock village for walks, picnics and pubs … Bere Ferrers village for rural festivals and cosy Begin your journey… riverside pub in Plymouth (PL4 6NB). The line Plymouth … Pretty walk to Cotehele from Calstock station How long does it take? 45 minutes. Devonport Great Value Tickets Dockyard £5.60 adult, £2.80 child. Keyham Three Best Pubs Find out more, look up train times and plan your trip St Budeaux for a meal Victoria Road greatscenicrailways.co.uk/ Old Plough - Bere Ferrers explore-tamar-valley Bere Ferrers Rising Sun - Umberleigh The Tamar Valley Line runs Bere Alston Redwing Bar & Dining 7 days a week, all year round Calstock - Lympstone except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Gunnislake 10 11 There are direct trains from London The line Waterloo and Exeter to Axminster TheExeter -West Axminster of - LondonEngland Waterloo Line Exeter St Davids and Honiton hourly through the day, throughout the week. The West of England Line passes through some lovely Exeter Central The journey time from Waterloo to Devon countryside as it heads out from Exeter through Pinhoe Axminster and Honiton is around Cranbrook, Honiton and Axminster on its way to Cranbrook three hours, the journey time from Salisbury and London Waterloo. Exeter Central is 27 minutes to Whimple Axminster and Honiton are Honiton, 39 minutes to Axminster. interesting market towns Feniton The West of England Line runs 7 to explore and both are a Honiton days a week, all year round except gateway to the Jurassic Coast. Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Regular buses link Honiton Axminster Find out more, look up train times station with Sidmouth and Salisbury and plan your trip Axminster station with Lyme London Waterloo www.southwesttrains.co.uk Regis, Seaton and West Bay Bridport (where much of the Axminster TV series Broadchurch was filmed). Devon Highlights … G a t e w ay t o t h e J u r a s s i c C o a s t … G o o d b u s l i n k s w i t h L y m e R e g i s , S e a t o n a n d S i d m o u t h … Shopping, museums and the Cathedral in Exeter Lyme Regis 12 13 Torquay EventsDevon Nearest station Date Exmouth Festival Exmouth 27 May- 5 June 2016 www.exmouthfestival.org.uk/ Lemonfest Newton Abbot Saturday 4 June 2016 www.lemonfest.co.uk/ Teignmouth Folk Festival Teignmouth 17-19 June 2016 www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk/ Crediton Food Festival Crediton 18-19 June 2016 www.creditonfoodfestival.co.uk/ Exeter Regatta Exeter Central Saturday 9 July 2016 www.exeter-regatta.co.uk/ Pilton Green Man Festival Barnstaple Saturday 16 July 2016 www.piltonfestival.co.uk/ Teignmouth Regatta Teignmouth 30 July- 7 August 2016 www.teignmouthregatta.co.uk/ North Devon Show Umberleigh Weds 3 August 2016 www.northdevonshow.com Honiton Show Honiton Thurs 4 August 2016 www.honitonshow.co.uk Torbay Children's Week Paignton 15-20 August 2016 childrensweek.co.uk/ Torbay Royal Regatta Torquay 19-24 August 2016 torbayroyalregatta.co.uk/ Exmouth Kite Festival Exmouth 27-28 August 2016 exmouthrotaryclub.co.uk/ www.barnstapletowncouncil.co.uk/ Barnstaple Fair Barnstaple 14-17 September 2016 barnstaple-fair.asp Agatha Christie Festival Torquay 14-18 September 2016 www.agathachristiefestival.com/ Taste of the Teign Teignmouth 19-25 September 2016 tasteoftheteign.org.uk/ Bere Ferrers Apple Fest Bere Ferrers Sat 1 October 2016 www.tavyapples.org.uk/ North Devon Food Fest Barnstaple Sun 16 October 2016 northdevon.com/events Exmouth Christmas Cracker Exmouth Sat 6 December 2016 www.exmouth.gov.uk 14 15 right, ignore the footpath sign and continue ahead along an unsigned oak-bordered track. After 0.2 miles at an intersection turn right away from the YeofordThe Tarka Circular WalkLine bridleway and continue for a further 0.5 miles along a Starts at Yeoford station. Distance - 5.8 miles. second unsigned track. Above you stands Castle Down, an Leave the station and turn right over the River Troney and old Iron Age fort. Follow the track until it reaches a lane. past the pub. At the junction bear right, signposted Crediton Turn left passing Demmitts Linhay and continue to a T & Exeter, and ascend a lane following this for about a mile, junction. Here turn right, following the road downhill and keeping ahead at an unsigned crossroads, to reach Marks taking time to enjoy the wonderful views. Tree Cross. Bear right here and continue for 0.4 miles to Just beyond Frankland Farm at Norsworthy Grave, the Gunstone Cross.