Killerton and Danes Wood

Two and a half miles round the Killerton estate, an hour and a quarter on easy terrain with moderate slopes, out from the stable block across parkland and up through the beech and oak of Danes Wood on the old volcanic hill. Start at the main Killerton car park off the B3181 north of Exeter, free to members and charged with admission otherwise, with a café, toilets and a plant centre; it is signed from junction 28 or 29 of the M5 and holds hundreds of cars. Dogs are welcome on this parkland and woodland circuit and there is a stream at the bottom of the park, but sheep graze the open parkland so leads are needed there, dogs are restricted in the formal garden, and the woodland tracks are steep and slippery in leaf-fall.