Walk in the footsteps of Tom Pearse, Finch Foundary · Avandra

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Walk in the footsteps of Tom Pearse, Finch Foundary

Loop Walk · Dartmoor

150

XP

about 37 min walking

Easy

2.72 km

Loop

00:45

Graded from its length and climb.

A short circular along the River Taw, one of the few northerly-flowing rivers in Devon, and taking in Tarka Bridge and channel or leat that powers Finch Foundry. An undulating riverside walk, with banks & paths that can be slippery. Potential livestock.

288 m

238 m

188 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

44 m

Drop

50 m

Highest

251 m

Lowest

200 m

Which way round

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 2.7 km splits

Flat

0.8 km

Climbing

1.0 km

Descending

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

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Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 0.8…

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Taw Teign Link

Starts here too

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