Old Crane at Ventiford Basin – Town Quay Bridge loop from Bovey Tracey

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Old Crane at Ventiford Basin – Town Quay Bridge loop from Bovey Tracey

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Old Crane at Ventiford Basin – Town Quay Bridge loop from Bovey Tracey

02:00

32.8km

180m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 4.23 km for 14 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

454 m

Cafe 3 Sixty

Highlight • Cafe

Having spent the best part of the last 100 years as a garage and workshop, the owners of Cafe 3 Sixty have transformed the building into a wonderful spot for hungry cyclists and passersby yet retained much of its history in the renovation.

An independent cafe, you’ll find a heavy bike theme here and you can even park your two-wheeled steed inside. Outside seating allows for dogs although they’re not permitted indoors due to the open kitchen.

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4.08 km

Revelation Kiln at Devonmoor Art Pottery

Highlight • Monument

Revelation kiln from Candy's Pottery, Heathfield. Probably late 19th or early 20th century, re-erected on this site for the Devonmoor Art Pottery in 1932 or 1934. Yellow brick, the flue distinctly darker in colour. Square base reinforced with railway rails. It was confirmed by Mr Hope the son of the founder of the Devonmoor Art Pottery in Liverton as a revelation kiln; similar in shape to a bottle kiln but had a different function.

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10.6 km

Old Crane at Ventiford Basin

Highlight • Monument

Ventiford Basin is the Northern terminus of the canal. Clay from the local area was brought here overland, loaded onto barges and sailed down the canal to the Jetty Marsh sea lock. Depending on the state of the tide, barges would then travel along the Whitelake Channel, past Town Quay in Newton Abbot and down the River Teign to be trans-shipped to larger vessels at the docks in Teignmouth. See: stovercanal.co.uk

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18.8 km

Town Quay Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

looking east down the Teign

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21.3 km

River Lemon

Lake

21.7 km

Whitelake River

Highlight • Other

25.7 km

Locksbridge Tea Garden

Highlight • Cafe

Cosy and characterful Tea garden in the beautiful village of Teigngrace, snuggled between the Stover Canal and the Teigngrace Railway. Access is via the Stoverway path (no car parking). Cream teas very popular, garden is sheltered from any wind by traditional stone walls

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26.4 km