Walks
Tiverton is a good base for walkers of all tastes, ages, interests and abilities. There are country walks, canal walks, wild walks and historical town walks. We at Howden House B and B are regular walkers and can advise you and lend you various books and maps to guide you.
Tiverton Library and the Tourist Information Centre have details of the regular guided walks available.
Self-Guided Walks.
The Buzzards. This walk is 3.75 miles if you take the route in our one of our walk books, but you can make it as long or as short as you would like. Starting from a small parking area on the edge of Withleigh (4.2 miles from Howden House B & B) this walk takes you through three areas of National Trust woodland and along the valley of the River Dart, which joins the Exe at Bickleigh. We do a regular 2.5 miles circular walk at the Buzzards and you can make it shorter or longer.
The Cadeleigh Circuit.
You begin this walk on the Cadeleigh road out of Bickleigh (3.5 miles from Howden House B & B). Follow a small lane and then a track past Cadeleigh Court with lovely views over this unspoilt valley. Follow the lane up to the village of Cadeleigh from where you take the lane signed to Seven Crosses. You then cut back using the footpath across fields - gradually up and very steep down - and eventually follow the River Dart along the track back to Bickleigh, where you can stop for lunch or tea at Bickleigh Mill http://www.bickleighmill.com/
Grand Western Canal Country Park. 3.5 miles but again you can go as far as you like and it's 12 miles to the far end at Holcombe Rogus.
You can join the canal at various points (we can advise you - the closest to Howden House B & B is 1.8 miles). This walk starts along the towpath and is flat and easy. There is a short spell on a country lane and the return is by the disused railway line (a branch line of the Great Western Railway used by the famous Tivvy Bumper who now lives at the Tiverton Museum. http://www.tivertonmuseum.org.uk/index.php