Walking Festival
Walking Festival
While we don’t currently have a date confirmed for the next Mid Devon Walking Festival, this page will be the home for future festival updates and announcements.
While we don’t currently have a date confirmed for the next Mid Devon Walking Festival, this page will be the home for future festival updates and announcements.
While we don’t currently have a date confirmed for the next Mid Devon Walking Festival, this page will be the home for future festival updates and announcements.
Mid Devon hosted its first Walking Festival in 2024, celebrating the incredible landscapes, wildlife, heritage, and local food that make this part of Devon such a fantastic place to explore on foot. The festival brought together walkers of all abilities to discover the beauty of the Mid Devon countryside, from rolling hills and peaceful rivers to scenic lakes, ancient woodlands, and charming rural villages.
During the festival, visitors enjoyed a variety of circular walking routes across Mid Devon, designed to be completed at your own pace. The routes showcased some of the area’s best walking trails and viewpoints, with planned stops at welcoming local cafés, and pubs & restaurants, offering the chance to enjoy Mid Devon’s fantastic local food and drink.
A programme of guided walks also gave participants the opportunity to learn more about Mid Devon’s rich heritage, wildlife, and landscapes, led by knowledgeable local guides.
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Discover scenic countryside trails, plan your next day out walking in Devon, and experience the landscapes that made the festival so special.
This is low level walking with few or no gradients. This may be along a road or tarmacked path. Suitable for all levels of walkers, pushchairs and wheelchair users. Comfortable shoes or trainers can be worn.
For reasonably fit walkers with no mobility or specific health problems. Some gradients or uneven terrain. May include unsurfaced rural paths through woodlands or fields and may have a style. The route maybe less obviously marked in some sections. Walking boots and warm waterproof clothing are recommended.
Good level of fitness and walking experience, some steep climbs and open country with less well marked sections of the route. Unsurfaced rural paths with rough and uneven terrain. Suitable for more experienced and prepared walkers. May require a compass and map. Walking boots and warm, waterproof clothing are essential.
For very experienced and fit walkers only, will need to use compass and map, could have steep inclines and uneven terrain, may need additional technical skills eg scrambling, crampons etc. You must plan your walk beforehand.
Suitable for beginners in good health with basic bike skills. Relatively flat and wide trail suitable for most types of bike.
Suitable for riders in good health with basic off-road riding skills. Some singletrack sections and small obstacles of root and rock may be present. Suitable for basic mountain bikes.
Suitable for proficient mountain bikers with good off-road riding skills and fitness. Route may contain some challenging climbs, tricky descents and technical features such as drop-offs and large rocks. Suitable for good mountain bikes.
Suitable for expert mountain bikers with high level of fitness. Route may contain greater challenge and difficulty. Riders should expect large and unavoidable features. Suitable for quality off-road mountain bikes.