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Hittisleigh

Hittisleigh is a small rural parish just north-east of Dartmoor in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Crediton.

The place

Hittisleigh is a small rural parish just north-east of Dartmoor in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Crediton. Its largest settlements are the hamlets of Hittisleigh and Hittisleigh Barton.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hittisleigh

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Church of St Andrew

    St Andrew's Church, Hittisleigh, is an Anglican parish church in Hittisleigh in Mid Devon. It is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.

    400 m · Grade I listed church in Hittisleigh, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

The Dorset and East Devon Coast is more commonly known as the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage site Lundy Island, an island in the Bristol Channel, an important conservation site with England's only statutory Marine Nature Reserve Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh is part of an active Benedictine monastery. Devon's Crealy Great Adventure Park in Exeter is Devon's top theme park.

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Do

Things to do

Fly Fishing,. The rivers around Devon have Trout, Sea Trout and Salmon. Guides can provide equipment and instruction on fly fishing for all experience levels. For Dartmoor and South Devon there is Flyfishing Devon. North Devon Coastal Road.

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Eat

Where to eat

South Devon Crab is regarded as some of the best in the world and its stocks are plentiful and sustainably fished. There are plenty of fantastic restaurants, cafes and pubs to try this local produce.

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Go there

Getting to Hittisleigh

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 80 km · Bristol (BRS), 104 km · Birmingham (BHX), 237 km
  • Cardiff → Hittisleigh
    93 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £18–24
  • Bristol → Hittisleigh
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £14–18
  • London → Hittisleigh
    270 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · £27–37
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hittisleigh

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hittisleigh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBrittany Ferries carry vehicles and foot passengers to Plymouth from Roscoff, Saint-Malo (both France), or Santander (Spain).
  • Get inPoole in Dorset is by road from Exeter, and receives Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg (France) and Condor Ferries from Saint Helier (Jersey).
  • Get inThe other English Channel ferry ports are within a few hours' drive of Devon.

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The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    78 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    176 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    485 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    545 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    580 km

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Around it

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