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White Cross Viewpoint – View East to Salcombe Mouth loop from White Cross Car Park

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White Cross Viewpoint – View East to Salcombe Mouth loop from White Cross Car Park

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White Cross Viewpoint – View East to Salcombe Mouth loop from White Cross Car Park

06:30

22.3km

590m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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East Devon National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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51 m

White Cross Viewpoint

Highlight • Forest

At White Cross you’ll find a free, off-road car park with tree cover and remarkable views. Looking west, the entire Otter Valley seems to unfold for your pleasure alone. Patchwork fields in yellows and greens blanket the valley floor and you can see for miles.

Mist and low cloud sometimes hang in this valley, allowing you to experience a wonderful feeling of being much higher than you really are.

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8.76 km

View of the Jurassic Coast from the East Devon National Landscape

Highlight • Viewpoint

Breath taking views. I'm going to miss this place so much

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11.8 km

Woodland Path in East Devon National Landscape

Highlight • Forest

12.8 km

View East to Salcombe Mouth

Highlight • Beach

Superb walking on the Jurassic coast with outstanding views good walking shoes recommended as well as a hat to protect from the wind sun factor which can still burn even on an overcast day.

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13.7 km

View of Sidmouth from Salcombe Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

You will also be able to see parts of the town further up, but not as much as here.

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14.4 km

Alma Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

maintains vital access to the seafront for residents east of the town, as well as providing the gateway to the South West Coast Path

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14.9 km

Beach

19.9 km

Viewpoint

20.8 km

View of Sidmouth and the English Channel from Fire Beacon Hill

Highlight • Natural

The strenuous hike up here is well worth the effort when you see the views from the top. Looking south, the hills drop away to the patchwork valley and the English Channel glitters beyond. This open common is alive with heather which forms a purple blanket in the autumn and is beautiful in its own right.

This hill provides one of the best viewpoints on the entire East Devon Way. If you haven’t already walked past a field of donkeys, you might hear them braying below and wonder what the noise is; the land below is owned by the Donkey Sanctuary.

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21.2 km

Ancient Woodland and Bluebells on Fire Beacon Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

This enchanting woodland on the slopes of Fire Beacon Hill is filled with gnarled trees and twisted branches creating a mystical atmosphere.

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22.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.59 km

6.73 km

4.51 km

2.93 km

473 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.45 km

5.73 km

4.50 km

2.99 km

2.57 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

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Saturday 11 July

34°C

16°C

0 %

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White Cross Viewpoint – View East to Salcombe Mouth loop from White Cross Car Park

White Cross Viewpoint

View of the Jurassic Coast from the East Devon National Landscape

Woodland Path in East Devon National Landscape

View East to Salcombe Mouth

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