2miles/
3.2kms

Exe Estuary Trail: Exmouth to Lympstone

About this route

Exmouth to Lympstone is just one section of the Exe Estuary Trail, a multi-use route being built by Devon County Council. Both Exmouth and Lympstone are on the Avocet Rail line with a regular half-hourly service, so you can walk further or catch a train back to the start.

Getting Around

Parking at Imperial Road, Exmouth close to the Leisure Centre.

Stations at both ends.

Facilities
Refreshments and toilets in both Exmouth and Lympstone.
Terrain
The Trail is surfaced throughout and is flat and easy walking, suitable for all users. The route is also a cycle track so you will need to be on the lookout for enthusiastic cyclists.
Accessibility
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Interesting information

With miles of cycle paths and footpaths and exceptional and ever-changing views, the Exe Estuary is a destination that can be explored again and again.  It is one of the most important estuaries in Europe for wildlife, particularly birds, and has several international designations.

On this stretch, you can look across to Dawlish Warren which is an essential high tide roosting site for the many thousands of birds that migrate to the estuary each winter.  They feed and rest on these areas during high tide and then move back onto the rich mud flats, to feed on worms, snails and shellfish, which are revealed by the falling tide.

Photo of walkers on the Exe Estuary Trail looking through binoculars
Exe Estuary Trail Exmouth to Lympstone Credit: Guy Richardson

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Photo of cyclists on the Tarka Trail alongside the estuary near Instow
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Exe Estuary Trail

This newly constructed cycle trail offers an almost entirely traffic-free, wonderfully level route which forms part of the South Coast
Photo of cyclists on the Tarka Trail alongside the estuary near Instow
16.4miles/
26kms

Exe Estuary Trail

This newly constructed cycle trail offers an almost entirely traffic-free, wonderfully level route which forms part of the South Coast
Photo of cyclists on the Tarka Trail alongside the estuary near Instow
16.4miles/
26kms

Exe Estuary Trail

This newly constructed cycle trail offers an almost entirely traffic-free, wonderfully level route which forms part of the South Coast
Photo of geese on a lake in marshes

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Photo of a curlew in grassland

Exminster Marshes (The Exe Estuary)

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Photo of Exeter Cathedral

Exeter City Walls and Cathedral

Over 70% of the wall that once protected Exeter still remains and reveals a lot about the geology of the
Photo of Exeter Cathedral

Exeter City Walls and Cathedral

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