Walk · Devon

Little Dartmouth and Dartmouth Castle

Dartmouth · TQ6 0JP

4.2MILES

2h 20mON FOOT

200mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 24%Road with traffic 18%

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

National Trust car park at Redlap, Little Dartmouth TQ6 0JP

Parking

National Trust car park by donation, free to members, around 40 spaces and seldom full

Directions to the start →

A 4.2-mile circuit of about two and a quarter hours from the National Trust fields at Little Dartmouth down to the rocky shore at Compass Cove, along to Dartmouth Castle and back by bridleway, with 200 metres of climbing and sections that turn greasy after rain. Start at the Trust's Redlap car park, which is free to members and by donation otherwise and rarely fills; buses 93 and 111 reach Dartmouth town centre if you would rather walk it the other way round. Dogs are welcome off the lead on the open cliff pasture but there is nearly always stock in these fields and the drops at Blackstone Point are sheer; the castle grounds allow dogs on leads, and the only reliable drinking water is the tap at the castle café.

THE SMALL PRINTCattle and sheep graze the National Trust cliff fields for most of the year, so leads are needed through them; dogs must be on leads in the grounds at Dartmouth Castle.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.3322, -3.5849

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.SOUTHWESTCOASTPATH.ORG.UK/WALKSDB/40/

Little Dartmouth and Dartmouth Castle

House rules, decoded

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