A hard frost across the sloping garden and the wooded valley beyond, on a clear morning at the end of December.

Location

Widworthy · East Devon National Landscape

Secluded and sheltered, at the end of a no-through road, in a hidden valley among the rolling hills and wooded coombes of the East Devon National Landscape.

Close by is the pretty fourteenth-century church of Widworthy, dedicated to St Cuthbert, and the village of Wilmington a mile and a half away, with its public house and village hall. The bustling market town of Honiton, under five miles off, has a wide range of amenities including a swimming pool and leisure centre, as well as a mainline station on the London Waterloo line.

Within easy reach is the World Heritage Jurassic Coast — Lyme Regis with its famous Cobb and sandy beach, or Sidmouth with its cinema and Waitrose. For all the seclusion, the roads out are good: the A30 and A303 to London and the motorway network, and Tiverton Parkway for the mainline service to Paddington.

Distances

Wilmington	1.4 miles — public house and village hall
Honiton	4.6 miles — market town, leisure centre, mainline station (London Waterloo)
Lyme Regis	11 miles — the Cobb and the sandy beach
Sidmouth	12.1 miles — cinema, Waitrose, seafront
Exeter	21 miles — cathedral city, M5, international airport
Tiverton Parkway	Mainline service to London Paddington

Distances are approximate and taken from the property particulars.

Aerial view of the valley in winter, the house among trees at the centre with fields, hedgerows and wooded hills all around. — The valley from the air, looking south.

Finding it

The last mile

From Honiton take the A35 east. At Wilmington, turn right at the Home Farm Hotel, signposted Widworthy Church. Take the next left, pass the church, and continue to the end of the lane — a little over a mile.

The lane goes no further.

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Postcode EX14 9JS

Round about

Walking and riding	Unspoilt countryside on all sides, with excellent walking, riding and cycling from the door.
Hunting	With the Axe Vale Harriers.
Racing	Exeter or Taunton.
Golf	Honiton or Sidmouth.
Sailing	On the coast at Sidmouth or Seaton.
Primary schooling	Offwell.
Secondary	Honiton, and Colyton Grammar School.
Independent schools	St John's Sidmouth, Blundell's near Tiverton, and the Exeter schools.