🥾 Walking route
Ancient Trees Walk, Killerton
Devon
- 📏 2.1 km · 1.3 mi
- ⛰ +66 m
- ⏱ 30 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance2.1 km · 1.3 mi
- Elevation+66 m
- Duration30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainEstate paths and parkland tracks, gentle climbs
- Best seasonSpring for blossom, autumn for tree colour
- DogsDogs welcome on leads across the estate
About this walk
This short linear walk through the Killerton estate in Devon links a string of memorable features across just over two kilometres. Starting at Lower Budlake, the path climbs gently towards Dolbury Hillfort, an ancient earthwork crowning the hill above the parkland, before reaching The Clump and passing through the estate's Deer Park.
From here you join the Ancient Trees Walk itself, a route showcasing some of the estate's most venerable specimens. The way then descends past Killerton Chapel and the handsome Stable Block, finishing at Killerton House. With only 66 metres of ascent spread over 1.3 miles, it makes an easy half-hour outing suitable for most walkers.
If you have time to linger, the wider estate offers plenty to explore nearby, including the Acland Memorial Cross, the curious site known as The Lost House, and the wooded corners of Park Wood, Cross Park and Back Park. Together they turn a short walk into a full afternoon of gentle discovery.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
8 waypoints along the way
- 1
Start: Lower Budlake
- Start
The start of the route.
- 2
Dolbury Hillfort
- 3
The Clump
- 4
Deer Park
- 5
Ancient Trees Walk, Killerton
- 6
Killerton Chapel
- 7
The Stable Block
- 8
Killerton House
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Acland Memorial Cross
~193 m off the route
The Lost House
~364 m off the route
Park Wood
~305 m off the route
Cross Park
~450 m off the route
Back Park
~412 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).