Where is the Drake link? Accommodation & local services Drake’s Trail Walking Spur 1 As you leave Yelverton you will walk alongside There are numerous places to stay in and around Drake’s Leat for much of the first mile. The leat - Yelverton, from campsites to hotels catering to also known as Plymouth Leat - was eventually built your every whim. Check the following websites Yelverton to in 1591, some years after the passing of the Water for details and booking information: Bill for Plymouth, which was presented to the www.drakesdartmoor.co.uk Clearbrook Houses of Parliament by the mayor of Plymouth, www.dartmoor.co.uk who at the time was Sir Francis Drake. Or contact the Tavistock Tourist Information Centre Numerous myths surround the building of the leat 01822 612938 and reflect the esteem with which local people held email: [email protected] Drake and his accomplishments. Rumour has it that Drake not only built the leat himself in one night, but that he also rode into Plymouth before the first flow of water on a white stallion. As well as being an accomplished sailor, Drake was also a shrewd businessman. He was given £200 to How to get here cover construction costs and £100 to compensate A regular, daily bus service runs between landowners. In the end he paid out £100 for Plymouth and Tavistock, stopping at Yelverton. construction and £60 for land, making a tidy profit Most frequent are the 83 and 84 services. Other of £140. local services link Yelverton with surrounding villages. Timetables and more information are available Other local information… from Traveline: This trail follows a short section of the popular West 0871 200 22 33 Devon Way walking route. www.traveline.org.uk There is free parking at Yelverton along the edge of You will notice a number of features on the walk RAF Harrowbeer and also at designated places on linked to the former railway linking Plymouth with the edge of Roborough Down. Tavistock and Burrator. Services stopped on this There is short stay, pay and display parking by the line in 1968 as a result of the Beeching review into village shops and also at the Leg O'Mutton corner. branch lines. Additional travel advice can be found at: www.travelwise.org.uk Start: Drake’s Trail information board, Still want to know more? This document can be made available in large Yelverton Clearbrook village information: print, Braille, tape format, other languages or Duration: 2 - 2 ½ hours www.clearbrookdevon.co.uk alternative format upon request. Please contact Distance: 4.9 miles / 7.8 kilometres Drake’s Trail website for more recreation routes: West Devon Borough Council on 01822 813600 Grade: EASY www.drakestrail.co.uk Or email: [email protected] Surface: Mainly firm off-road route. West Devon Borough Some narrow sections. Council find out more through the Drake’s Trail 1 podcasts available at: Also see OS Explorer map OL28 www.drakestrail.co.uk or Printed using vegetable-based inks on FSC-certified paper containing 50% recycled fibre. Route directions and other advice / instructions are www.drakestrailpodcasts.info March 2009 Leaflet by Graphic Words (www.graphicwords.com) shown on the map inside. Walking Spur 1 - Yelverton to Clearbrook Yelverton N shops 7 Yelverton roundabout 6 START i BUS Start at the Drake’s Trail Information Board. After walking through the car Cross the road. Pass the park, keep right and join the public toilets into the cycle path signed and 27 Church car park Drake’s Leat 8 Go through the trees and turn left at the end of the woods and then right Turn left over Drake’s Leat and downhill Follow the path round to the right - As the path splits, take the smaller signed to Elfordtown Farm path to the left, signed for the West Devon Way Key After walking under the railway bridge, Retrace your turn right through the old iron kissing gate on-road walking route steps back to Yelverton, off-road walking route following Walking down through the woods, 27 and toilets at the bottom go through the gate refreshments and continue straight ahead BUS bus stops junction Drake’s Trail cycle route i Drake’s Trail Pass the River Meavy information board on your left 6 podcast location Go through the gates As the path meets onto the old walled the road, turn right tramway 9 and walk gradually uphill to the village of Clearbrook Clearbrook 11 Continue uphill, out of the village until you reach a small bridge over Drake’s Leat Continue along route 27 and Drake’s Leat © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Turn right after the bridge onto the License number: 100023302 Scale: 27 250m 1km cycle path signed and 10 Published 2009 500m.