Templer Way
A 17-mile long-distance path in Devon celebrating the entrepreneurial Templer family, who constructed the Stover Canal and Tramway. The walk begins at Haytor Quarry on Dartmoor and finishes at Teignmouth on the English Channel. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SX 760 776
Distance: 17 miles (27 km)
Time: 6–9 hours
Duration: 1–2 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL28 Dartmoor
OL44 Torquay and Dawlish
Summary
The Templer Way is a walk in Devon named after the Templer family, who constructed the Stover Canal and Tramway to bring granite quarried at Haytor on Dartmoor to the coast at Teignmouth. The Templer Way features a range of different terrain, transitioning from the open moor of Dartmoor to woodland and finally to estuary foreshore.
The Way begins at Haytor Quarry and travels in a southeast direction to Teignmouth via Haytor Vale, Yarner Wood, Lower Down, Colehayes Plantation, Bovey Tracey, Heathfield, Stover Country Park, Stover Lake, Stover Canal, Jetty Marsh Nature Reserve (Newton Abbot), Netherton Point, and the River Teign Estuary.