LOCAL GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

Re-cycling Collections:  alternate Fridays in Exton, Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton for newspapers, magazines, clean tins and glass, textiles, household batteries, yellow pages and junk mail. 

Re-cycling Depot:  Knowle Hill, Salterton Road, Exmouth.

Refuse Collections:  Woodbury and Woodbury Salterton - Friday

Exton - Mondays.  After Bank Holidays, the rubbish collection is usually one day later; details are given in EDDC circulars.

Bulky Household Items:  If an item from inside the house is bulky, or cannot be taken to the Recycling Centre at Salterton Road, Exmouth, telephone Customer Services EDDC on 516511.  There is a charge of £30 for up to five items and £55 for up to 10 items per household.

Garden Waste:  This should not be included in normal household rubbish.  It may be taken to the Recycling Centre where it will be turned into compost or five special bags can be ordered from Services Team (01404 46464 for the current price).  When a bag is full of garden waste simply place it with normal rubbish and it will be collected.  There is no need to fill all five bags at once.

Public Footpaths and Bridleways

Four local circular walks on definitive paths are described in detail in beautifully illustrated leaflets obtainable from the Post Office and Woodbury Hardware at £1 for the set of four.  The walks are:

1.         Toby Lane, Walkidon’s Way and Castle Lane.

2.         Bonds Lane, Pilehayes and Woodbury Salterton.

3.        Gilbrook, Ham Lane and Exton.

         This path has recently been upgraded, with gates replacing stiles, making it accessible to the less agile to enjoy this level  pleasant stream-side walk.

4.        Cottles Farm, Rushmore Farm, Woodbury Castle and Castle Lane.

Other routes include Broadway to Bridgepitt Farm, and Fairfield to Bonds Lane.  There are ten more scheduled bridleways on Woodbury Common which are sometimes difficult to distinguish because of numerous other tracks.  Under the Commons Act of 1970, the public has right of access for “air and exercise” over all 2,800 acres except MOD enclosed areas and some plantations.

Devon County Council unclassified roads include:

Rydon Mill to Exton, parallel to the western end of Footpath 3.  The Exton end is under water in all but the driest seasons but the Woodbury end may be entered over a narrow footbridge from the field path.

Moor Lane (Bonds Lane to Postlake) is very prone to flooding and Wellington boots are advised for much of the year.

Walkidon’s Way via Hogsbrook Farm to the Beacon is the oldest remaining Anglo-Saxon track in the area, although badly damaged by heavy vehicles in recent years.  Good surface, open all year.

The Footpath Wardens:

T Frampton, The Old Stable, Town Lane, EX5 1NH 232138

Mrs J Green, Burrow Cottage, Cottles Lane, EX5 1EE 232605