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    Coombeshead Walk Arlington Court Trail Walking

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    This 3.6 mile walk through Arlington Court estate passes through woodlands and fields with opportunities to spot wildlife. The route climbs to Coombeshead farm for views before descending back through a wooded valley. Optional routes at the end provide shorter or longer return paths back to the starting point near Arlington Court house and gardens.

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    Coombeshead Walk Arlington Court Trail Walking

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    This 3.6 mile walk through Arlington Court estate passes through woodlands and fields with opportunities to spot wildlife. The route climbs to Coombeshead farm for views before descending back through a wooded valley. Optional routes at the end provide shorter or longer return paths back to the starting point near Arlington Court house and gardens.

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    This 3.6 mile walk through Arlington Court estate passes through woodlands and fields with opportunities to spot wildlife. The route climbs to Coombeshead farm for views before descending back through a wooded valley. Optional routes at the end provide shorter or longer return paths back to the starting point near Arlington Court house and gardens.

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    Coombeshead Walk Arlington Court Trail Walking

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    This 3.6 mile walk through Arlington Court estate passes through woodlands and fields with opportunities to spot wildlife. The route climbs to Coombeshead farm for views before descending back through a wooded valley. Optional routes at the end provide shorter or longer return paths back to the starting point near Arlington Court house and gardens.

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    DEVON
    Arlington Court Coombeshead valley walk
    This walk through woodland and fields takes you to the top of Coombeshead for rewarding views across the wider estate, then down the
    valley, with different options for your route back to Arlington Court. Along the way, you'll pass a working Grade II listed farm and get a
    chance to spot Exmoor ponies and wild red deer.

    Information Total steps: 7


    Address: Arlington Court, Arlington, Near Barnstaple, Start point: Old Kitchen Tea-room, grid ref: SS611405
    Devon EX31 4LP
    1. From the tea-room, follow signs through the garden to the Carriage Museum. By the
    OS map: Explorer OL9, Landranger 180 Granary Lodge building, look out for wooden signs with a pink arrow directing you to
    Activity: Walking Coombeshead. Walk up the track past a wooden garage on your right and bear right
    Moderate: The route is on footpaths through woodland through woodland to emerge next to the Sawmill building.
    and fields. For further details, see Terrain section. 2. Walk uphill with the Sawmill building on your left and follow the track as it narrows and
    Dog friendly: Dogs are welcome but must be kept on a goes past a farmyard entrance on your right. Do not enter the farmyard. Just after the
    short lead as there may be livestock in some of the farmyard you'll see a kissing gate to your right, set slightly back from the track, with a
    fields along the route. The Vine Café at Arlington Court pink arrow directing you across the field along a stoned track.
    is dog-friendly. 3. At Barton Court, go over the stile directly in front of you and follow the signs to take
    Full trail: Miles: 3.6 (km: 5.76) you across the next field, heading for the gate straight ahead. Go through the gate into
    Short trail: Miles: 1.5 (km: 2.4) a small band of woodland, before emerging back into the fields again. There may be
    cows or horses in these next few fields.
    Access: Challenging
    Duration: 1 hour - 2 hours 30 mins 4. Keeping the hedge on your left, walk through the first field following the pink markers.
    After you've passed through a gateway in the hedge, head diagonally to the right across
    Terrain the second field until you reach a gate that opens on to a farm track. Follow the track,
    making sure to close all the gates behind you, until you find yourself in the farmyard.
    The walk follows footpaths around the estate, through This is Coombeshead Farm, managed by one of our tenant farmers.
    woodland and fields, with both uphill and downhill 5. In the middle of the farmyard. you'll see a tall pink arrow directing you to the right.
    sections and some muddy areas. Follow this track around and uphill, passing an old millpond, and continue in the
    direction of another pink arrow pointing along the edge of the field.

    6. You should now be standing at a stile looking down a steep valley or coombe, where
    you may see some wild Exmoor ponies grazing. Follow the steep steps down the hill
    until you reach a gate into the woodland on your left.
    7. Follow the track downhill through the woods until you reach a junction of paths. From
    here you can choose to return by one of the other coloured walking routes. Following
    the green arrows is the shortest route back to Arlington Court and will take you uphill
    to the Carriage Museum. Following the blue arrows in reverse will take you along the
    valley to Tucker's Bridge. From there you can follow signs to the lake or Arlington
    Court, bringing you back on a longer but well-surfaced route.
    End point: Arlington Court woodland, crossroad of paths, grid ref: SS614396

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