Do you want to Build Back Greener? Reduce your carbon footprint by swapping to walking and cycling around Holsworthy. Holsworthy is situated on National Cycle Route 3 which follow a cycle path section of the Ruby Way. From Holsworthy you can cycle west to Bude and beyond, or cycle east to join the Tarka Trail at Meeth, or south to join the Pegasus Way at Cookworthy Forest
Traffic free sections are continually being added by Devon County Council as part of their commitment to active travel.
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Do you want to Build Back Greener? Reduce your carbon footprint by swapping to walking and cycling around Great Torrington. Great Torrington is situated on National Cycle Routes 3 and 27 which follow the cycle path section of the Tarka Trail. From Great Torrington you can enjoy 30 miles of traffic-free cycling: south to Meeth, or north to Braunton via Bideford and Barnstaple.
Start your journey by hiring a bike from Torrington Cycle Hire at the bottom of Station Hill.
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Do you want to Build Back Greener? Reduce your carbon footprint by swapping to walking and cycling around Bideford. Bideford is situated on National Cycle Routes 3 and 27 which follow the cycle path section of the Tarka Trail. From Bideford you can enjoy 30 miles of traffic-free cycling: south to Meeth via Great Torrington, or north to Braunton via Barnstaple.
Start your journey by hiring a bike from Bideford Bicycle Hire in East-the-Water. Continue your journey by buying your own bicycle from Cycles Scuderia in Kingsley Road.
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The Granite Way is an 11 mile multi-use trail running between Okehampton and Lydford along the north western edge of Dartmoor. It is mostly traffic free, largely following the course of the former Southern Region railway line. A journey along the Granite Way offers fantastic views of the granite landscape of Dartmoor, as well as a number of specific sites of geological interest.
http://www.exploredevon.info/activities/cycle/granite-way-3/
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This is a lovely, peaceful cycle route, often along the towpath, beside a tranquil stretch of the Grand Western Canal. It meanders through beautiful mid-Devon countryside between Tiverton and the Somerset border.
Situated in a Country Park and Local Nature Reserve, the canal extends for just over 11 miles and provides a wonderful location for a cycle ride.
By starting at Tiverton Parkway, there is a circular route following the canal towpath to Tiverton and then the NCN3 on and off the towpath back to Tiverton Parkway. The route can be amended to start in Tiverton or Willand, or extended to its northern end at Lowdswell Lock, near Holcombe Rogus.
The Grand Western Canal forms part of the West Country Way Cycle Route (NCN3) which runs from Bristol to Padstow in Cornwall.
http://www.exploredevon.info/activities/cycle/grand-western-canal-3/
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The route can be ridden in either direction, it takes you through the varied landscapes of the West Country, from Cornwall to the River Avon. Start with the tranquillity of Padstow harbour and the Camel Trail onto the atmospheric Bodmin Moor. Descend into Devon’s rolling countryside via the Tarka Trail and on into Somerset across beautiful Exmoor. Continue along canal towpaths to Taunton and the Somerset levels to Glastonbury before the climb onto the Mendip Hills. The route ends in Bristol or Bath.
Total distance: 240 miles / 384 km
Devon section: 105 miles / 168 km
http://www.exploredevon.info/activities/cycle/west-country-way/
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