Practical Info

Accommodation in East Devon

As a prime tourist area, there is an enormous choice of visitor accommodation available in East Devon and West Dorset. But BE WARNED – the May bank holiday weekends are extremely popular, and accommodation can be booked up a very long time in advance. This is particularly true of the seaside…

Transport and parking

Reaching Axminster Axminster can be reached by rail, bus and road. For environmental sustainability reasons, as well as limited parking, we would STRONGLY ENCOURAGE entrants to consider using public transport or to car-share.  Rail: All trains on the London Waterloo to Exeter railway line stop in…

Headquarters - Axminster Football Club

Information will be added here as it becomes available. 

Ticks, cattle and other beasties

Ticks Our route will take us through healthland, woodland and other areas with thick vegetation, carrying the potential of ticks. Devon is a tick-prevalent area, and levels of Lyme Disease are higher than UK-average. Please be tick-aware, consider carrying a tick removal tool (or pointed tweezers)…

Future Walks

Future Walks

Click here to be taken to the upcoming social walk programme for this Local Group.

Past Walks

Past walks

click here to be taken to an interactive database containing details of all the social walks this Local Group has organised since January 2008

Local Group News

Long Distance Paths

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National LDWA

National LDWA

click here to be taken to the home page of the LDWA National website

LDWA Walks

The LDWA organises many challenge events and local group social walks, as well as listing many more organised by other organisations. Challenge events are normally between 20 and 100 miles and must generally be completed within a defined time limit. Social walks are normally led walks of around 20 miles.

Click here to go to the LDWA website.

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