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Eggesford Castle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Eggesford Castle is one of 55 castles the Albion Guide charts in Devon. Eggesford Station is under a kilometre away. Nearby castles include Heywood Castle, Stone Barton Ringwork and Court Castle.

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Photo along the Tarka Trail, a 180-mile long-distance path in south west England.

Tarka Trail

Long-distance path

A figure-of-eight on Barnstaple through Tarka the Otter's north Devon — part riverside rail path, part moor, part coast, one leg by train.

0.5 km SE · Devon & Somerset

Photo of The Grove Inn, a pub near Kings Nympton, Devon, south west England.

The Grove Inn

Pub near Kings Nympton

Thatched community-owned local at Kings Nympton in the mid-Devon hills, an award-winning food pub.

7.5 km N

Photo along the Two Moors Way, a 102-mile long-distance path running from Ivybridge to Lynmouth, south west England.

Two Moors Way

Long-distance path

Devon's south-to-north crossing, over Dartmoor and Exmoor from Ivybridge to the sea at Lynmouth.

9.9 km SE · Devon & Somerset

Photo of St Mary, Atherington, a church in Devon, south west England.

St Mary, Atherington

Church near Atherington

North Devon church holding the county's only surviving medieval rood loft, saved from Elizabethan destruction.

14.2 km NW

Photo of Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south west England.Iconic

Dartmoor

National Park near Postbridge

Granite tors, wild ponies and England's largest expanse of open moorland in the south.

17.1 km S

Photo along the Dartmoor Way, a 108-mile long-distance path in south west England.

Dartmoor Way

Long-distance path

A circuit of Dartmoor's towns and villages around the National Park's edge, with an optional link straight over the high moor.

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