Independent Trails: Fact File

Independent Trails: Fact File.TMW1

Exmoor & Dartmoor ~ The Two Moors Way

Trail Facts

Total distance: 89 miles (143km)
Duration: 8 nights, 7 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 7 miles (11km)/15 miles (24km)
Season: April to November
Starting point of holiday: Ivybridge
End of holiday: Lynmouth
Code: TMW1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Ivybridge where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Ivybridge to Holne. 13 miles (21km).

Day 3: Holne to Widecombe-in-the-Moor. 7 miles (11km).

Day 4: Widecombe-in-the-Moor to Drewsteignton. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 5: Drewsteignton to Morchard Bishop. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 6: Morchard Bishop to Knowstone. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 7: Knowstone to Withypool. 12 miles (19km).

Day 8: Withypool to Lynmouth. 15 miles (24km)

Day 9: Depart from Lynmouth after breakfast.

Extra nights/Rest days

Holne is an idyllic village. Charles Kingsley, author of The Water Babies and Westward Ho! was born in the vicarage and a window commemorates him in the village church. Widecombe-in-the-Moor is another lovely village with a superb church dating from the 14^th century. Don't miss the beautiful painted roodscreen and carved one-eared rabbits above the communion rail. Drewsteignton is a good choice if you would like to explore Castle Drogo, a remarkable castle built by Sir Edward Lutyens between 1910 and 1930. The pretty village of Lynmouth at the junction and estuary of the East and West Lyn rivers is a delightful place to linger.

What's included

8 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses and farmhouse B&B's.
Full English breakfast.
Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
A set of maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airports: London

Outward journey from London to Ivybridge: There is a regular train service from London Waterloo to Ivybridge. The journey takes about 5 hours 20 minutes.

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Bus from Lynmouth to Barnstaple railway station, then train to London Waterloo (approximately 4 hours 30 minutes).