Walks from the farm
We have OS maps in the holiday accommodation. There are many walks from the farm the most popular would be the walk down to
the village. You don’t need to get in the car to enjoy the best of East Devon – just lace up your boots
and step outside.
At Hawley Farm, you’re surrounded by quiet footpaths, hidden lanes, and rolling fields that
offer a real taste of the countryside. Whether you’re after a short dog walk or a longer ramble
to a nearby pub, there are plenty of routes to explore right from your cottage door.
Peaceful Strolls and Country Views
Guests often say walking here feels like stepping into a slower rhythm. You’ll pass
hedgerows buzzing with wildlife, fields dotted with sheep and cows, and quiet lanes that
wind through the Blackdown Hills.
Keep your eyes peeled for:
Buzzards circling overhead
Foxgloves and wildflowers in the hedges
Deer at dawn or dusk
And don’t forget your wellies if it’s been raining – it’s proper countryside out here.
Maps and Tips Available
We provide local OS maps, route suggestions, and walking guides in each cottage. You’ll
also find:
Suggested distances and estimated times
Pub and tearoom stops
Notes on terrain and accessibility
If you’d like a printed guide or a GPX file to follow on your phone, just ask.
Explore at Your Own Pace
Whether you are after a quick stroll between showers or a long countryside loop with the dog,
there’s something refreshing about walking straight from the door. No traffic, no rush – just
Devon at its best.
Walk 1
Ham via the Corry brook.
Mainly flat or gentle slopes and a few sleeper type bridges to cross
Time: 45 minutes
With your back to the pub, turn right and just before the Corry Bridge. Turn left down the short drive to the farm gate.
Go through the gate cross the little brook and turn left. Keep your eyes peeled, you may be lucky and spot a kingfisher sitting in the branches waiting for a fish to pass under them.
Cross the field and go through the next gate. Turn right over the footbridge and immediately turn left. Follow the Corry Brook keeping it on your left hand side and through the next three bridleway gates until you come to a farm gate. Go through the gate and follow the path which passes to the left hand side of the newly planted hedgerow, which is to the left of the barn conversion.
Climb over the stile and go diagonally right across the field to the middle of the hedge and over another stile onto the road. Turn left and take the next track on your left (about 50 metres), go over the bridge (Oakham House is on your left), follow the track around to your right and then immediately turn left and follow the well worn narrow footpath crossing to and fro the little stream using the sleeper bridges. In spring the banks of the stream are a mass of Bluebells and Primroses.
After crossing the stream several times the path keeps to right hand side of the stream and widens out into a track. At the end of the track turn left onto the road (the pretty thatched Threshing Cottage is on your left.) Follow this road (in about 800 metres you will pass Harrison Farm followed by the entrance to Corrie Farm on your left,) until you come to a bridleway sign and gate on your left (opposite Summer Lodge).
Go through the gate and follow the left hand hedge down the hill, go through the gateway and head diagonally right across the field heading towards the Church to the gate. Go through the gate, cross the field and over the footbridge and keep heading towards the Church.
To the left of the Church you will see a farm gate, go through this into the Village Hall car park. Turn right down the narrow lane and you are back at the Tuckers Arms.
Walk 3b
Time: 50 minutes
Dalwood shop to Hawley Bottom
With your back to the Tuckers Arms turn left and walk past the Church and follow the road round the right hand corner and up the slope (The Knapp) to the Dalwood Community Shop.
At the far end of the building go down the steps and through the kissing gate into the field. Follow the right hand hedge to the very top of the field and go through the farm gate onto the road. Turn right, walk down the road and take first left (just before the big house). Walk down the lane and bear right onto the track (fingerpost Public Footpath). Go to the end of the track (can be muddy in wet weather) through the farm gate and head diagonally left across the meadow to the footbridge. Cross the bridge and turn left and head towards the sawn off tree trunk leaning out of right hand hedge.
Just past the tree, go over the stile into the field. With your back to the stile you will see a sapling almost directly in front of you. Cross the field to the left of the sapling and then to the right of the new garage. Opposite the garage in the right hand hedge is a metal gate, go through the gate and head diagonally right, up across the field to the top hedge.
Turn right and follow the left hand hedge to the corner. Go through the bridleway gate and keep following the left hand hedge. Go over the stile, turn left through the gap and then right, follow this new path down to the road.
Turn right and opposite the big house (Summer Lodge) turn left through the bridle way gate, follow the left hand hedge, go through the gateway and head down hill slightly to your right to the farm gate in middle of bottom hedge.
Go through the farm gate, across the field and over the foot bridge. Cross the field and leave by the farm gate to the left of the Church and into Village Hall car park, turn right down narrow lane to the Tuckers Arms.