Two Chapels Trail

Route Directions

Exit car park to road, turn right and in 70m turn left through gate, follow main track through park to double set of gates, cross road and turn right, ahead over motorway bridge and in 50m turn left down steps. Ahead with fence on right to kissing gate, follow path uphill between fences, through gate to road.

Q1. Name and No of cottage on left?

Cross road, ahead up lane, through first gate on right and immediately turn left and follow path uphill with fence on right. (Sprydoncott House in view on right was once a flourishing country hotel). At top of path turn right, follow NT markers through three kissing gates. Ahead on path, through gate, over footbridge to reach gate in far right hand corner of orchard, through gate and descend steps to cross footbridge and turn left, follow path through woods to kissing gate, cross track to kissing gate and ahead through trees for 500m to reach kissing gate in fence on right, through gate, and diagonally left across field to left hand edge of trees, descend to gate directly below to reach road.

Turn left and follow pavement for 230m, cross road and ahead on pavement for 380m. Turn right on lane and ignoring tracks on right carry on, passing pink cottage on right. At top of hill, by thatch cottage, turn right into farm track.

Q2. Name of thatch cottage?

Continue ahead on track to farm, turn right at cross tracks to gate. Turn left down track, immediately after passing pond on right turn right by marker post through gate and footbridge to next footbridge. Around edge of field to footbridge and stile, ahead uphill and at top corner of wall by cottage through gate then over stile. Follow between hedge and fence to stile, ahead across field to stile, stream on right, cross field by fence, through kissing gates and over motorway bridge. Through kissing gate with fence on left, ignore stile on right, carry on through two more kissing gates. Up slope, through coppice, (Killerton House and gardens on right). Follow main track through trees keeping fence on right, then ignoring track to right, to reach kissing gate and road after 600m.

Q3. Name of cross on signpost?

Turn left uphill (SP Poltimore) to reach car park on right in woods, bear left up steps skirting around left hand side of woods keeping field edge on left. Pass through rhododendrons bearing left to pass oak tree on right, 10m at fork bear right for 30m to reach two holly bushes with sawn off stump in front. Turn right on path for 100m to cross paths and turn left on wider grassy track. Continue for 200m to reach fork, turn right and ahead for 200m to bridleway sign.

Q4. On bridleway sign what is not allowed?

Turn immediately down narrow track on left to reach road. Turn left on road and follow to Columbjohn Cross, turn right, passing cottages on right, take bridleway on right and in approximately 100m cross stile on left. Ahead across field to reach Chapel, enter grounds through green kissing gate to approach main door. (Stop and observe beauty of epitaph plate on top of raised burial place of Sir Thomas and Lydia Acland).

Q5. How many grandchildren and great grandchildren were there?

Retrace steps to kissing gate, turn left over stile. Continue in direction of footpath sign to reach stile in top right hand corner of field, over stile and turn left on track, keep on main track as it sweeps around right handed, ignoring all side tracks, to pass through two sets of wooden gates, ahead on main track, fence on right, through kissing gate, passing isolated cottage on left, keeping fence on right uphill, go over cattle grid and keep on lower path.

At next cattle grid, cross over, then turn sharp right following wall uphill, through kissing gate, cross track and continue uphill still with wall on right to reach steps and top. Turn left on track, ignoring all side tracks to reach gate and into parkland. Follow track ahead and around to the right to meet main track, turn left through kissing gate into car park, through small gate on right into Chapel grounds, follow path around right hand side of Chapel, down steps and ahead to cross track. Turn right, through large kissing gate ahead over cross tracks to reach small wooden ‘Way Out’ marker on left.

Q6. What year was Oak Tree planted?

Descend parkland to main drive (Killerton House on right). Turn left to drive gates, turn left on road and then left to return to car park.