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Village in Devon, England · United Kingdom

# 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.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittisleigh), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Hittisleigh)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

From [Wikivoyage: Hittisleigh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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.

From [Wikivoyage: Hittisleigh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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.

From [Wikivoyage: Hittisleigh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-hittisleigh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Hittisleigh)
- Bristol → Hittisleigh 116 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £14–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-hittisleigh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Hittisleigh)
- London → Hittisleigh 270 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · £27–37 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-hittisleigh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Hittisleigh)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hittisleigh)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

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

From [Wikivoyage: Devon](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 78 km
2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 176 km
3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 485 km
4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 545 km
5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 580 km

If you know how people move in Hittisleigh – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Chittisleigh&title=Hittisleigh&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhittisleigh), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Hittisleigh

- [Spreyton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/spreyton) village in Devon, England 3.6 km
- [Crockernwell](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crockernwell) village in Devon, England 3.6 km

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