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Heywood Forest Parking – View of Eggesford House loop from Wembworthy

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Heywood Forest Parking – View of Eggesford House loop from Wembworthy

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Heywood Forest Parking – View of Eggesford House loop from Wembworthy

00:48

7.08km

90m

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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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Heywood Forest Parking

Highlight • Parking

There is free parking

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2.40 km

Heywood Forest

Highlight • Forest

Free parking. Area good for mountain biking and gravel riding. Café nearby at Eggesford train station

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3.04 km

Heywood Castle Motte and Bailey

Highlight • Historical Site

Overlooking the TawValley, at the northern end of Heywood Wood, stand the remains of an early medieval motte and bailey castle. Motte and bailey castles are medieval fortifications introduced into Britain by the Normans. This type of castle was made up of an artificial mound, or motte, on which was built a wooden or stone structure known as a keep. Next to this at least one bailey, a fortified embanked enclosure containing additional buildings, would be built. Although many were occupied for only a short period of time, motte and bailey castles continued to be built and occupied from the 11th to the 13th centuries, after which they were superseded by other types of castle.

Heywood CastleAt Heywood the circular motte is about 8 metres high and almost 50 metres in diameter, surrounded by a rock-cut ditch 4 metres wide and 2 metres deep. Around the top of the motte is a bank, up to 4 metres high in places. The crescent shaped bailey which lies to the north-east of the motte is 60 metres long and 40 metres wide and bounded on all sides by a bank 2 metres rising to about 4 metres on the eastern side, where there is an entrance with a causeway across the ditch which extends to the outer bank, which surrounds both the motte and bailey. From the bailey to the motte on the north east side there is the possibility of a bridgeway. On the north side of the bailey a more modern entrance has been formed.

devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/explore-devons-heritage/heywood-castle-eggesford

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3.85 km

3.20 km

< 100 m

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3.11 km

2.08 km

1.77 km

103 m

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Saturday 16 May

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Heywood Forest Parking – View of Eggesford House loop from Wembworthy

Heywood Forest Parking

View of Eggesford House

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Heywood Castle Motte and Bailey

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