Walk · Devon

Cockington Country Park estate circuit

Torquay · TQ2 6XA

3.4MILES

1h 35mON FOOT

110mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 52%Road with traffic 8%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Cockington Court car park, off Cockington Lane TQ2 6XA

Parking

Pay-and-display at Cockington Court, large but busy at weekends; free on-street space in Old Mill Road is limited

Directions to the start →

A 3.4-mile loop of the whole 450-acre estate, an hour and a half on tarmac drives, laid paths and bridleways through parkland, water meadows, three ornamental lakes and the woods above Manscombe, with only 110 metres of climbing. Park in the pay-and-display car park by Cockington Court, five minutes from Torre Abbey and served by town buses, and note that the shorter lake circuit is fully surfaced if the woodland tracks are wet. Dogs are welcome across the park and there is water in the lakes and the stream, though the ornamental rose garden and the craft studios are best done on a lead; the Drum Inn at the village end takes dogs and serves food daily.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.4615, -3.5558

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.COUNTRYSIDE-TRUST.ORG.UK/VISIT/COCKINGTON/

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