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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.

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## Every way there

- 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)

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

The field note

What is in and around Hittisleigh, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Hittisleigh has

- Y Scheduled flights Cardiff (CWL), 80 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Exeter Quay, 19 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Exeter, 19 km.

50.741°, -3.798°

Its largest settlements are the hamlets of Hittisleigh and Hittisleigh Barton.

Get in

## Getting to Hittisleigh

Exeter has two main train stations serving the city centre, St. Davids (where most long-distance services call), and Central. Central, unsurprisingly, is closer to the centre, but the two are within a short walk of one another. If visiting from Cornwall, the railway will take you across the Royal Albert Bridge from Saltash (in Cornwall) into Devon.

1. Exeter Airport

See

## Worth seeing

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.

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.

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.

How locals move

## Getting around Hittisleigh the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittisleigh) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA 4.0.


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