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# Whiddon Down

Whiddon Down is a hamlet within the parish of Drewsteignton in Devon.

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## Every way there

- Cardiff → Whiddon Down 97 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £18–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-whiddon-down) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Whiddon+Down)
- Bristol → Whiddon Down 120 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-whiddon-down) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Whiddon+Down)
- London → Whiddon Down 275 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · £28–37 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-whiddon-down) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Whiddon+Down)

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 Whiddon Down, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Whiddon Down](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whiddon-down)

What Whiddon Down has

- Y Scheduled flights Cardiff (CWL), 84 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Exeter Quay, 23 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, 23 km.

50.717°, -3.856°

At the 2011 census, it had a population of 267.

How locals move

## Getting around Whiddon Down 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/Whiddon_Down), CC BY-SA 4.0.


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