Walk · Devon

Haldon Forest Park ridge circuit

Exeter · EX6 7XR

4MILES

2hON FOOT

140mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 96% 4% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 28%Lane & track 68%Road with traffic 4%

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

Haldon Forest Park main visitor car park, off the A38 by Exeter Racecourse EX6 7XR

Parking

Paid Forestry England car park, several hundred spaces, rarely full but pay-on-arrival and camera enforced

Directions to the start →

Four miles of waymarked forest road and woodland track on the Haldon ridge above Exeter, about two hours with 140 metres of climbing and firm going in all weathers, with the Exe estuary and Dartmoor both in view from the open felled areas. Start at the main visitor car park signed off the A38 at Exeter Racecourse, where parking is charged by the hour or by annual permit, with a café, toilets and dog waste bins along the trails; buses 39 and X38 stop a mile away at the racecourse. Dogs are genuinely well served here with wide firm tracks for off-lead running and no livestock at all, but there is no natural water on the ridge, mountain bikers use crossing trails at speed, and forestry operations close individual routes at short notice, so read the boards at the car park.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.6525, -3.5803

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.FORESTRYENGLAND.UK/HALDON-FOREST-PARK

Haldon Forest Park ridge circuit

House rules, decoded

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