Devon: Road Closures & Parking

For the start of the Devon Stage of The Tour of Britain on Friday 20 September, the following roads will be closed to vehicles from 5am to 1pm:

SIDMOUTH: 

  • Peak Hill Road, 
  • The Esplanade, 
  • Station Road, 
  • Prospect Place, 
  • Dove Lane, 
  • Fore Street, 
  • Ham Lane Fore Street (New Street to High Street), 
  • and High Street (Fore Street to All Saints Road) will be closed to vehicles from 8.30am to 12noon. 


EXETER: 

The race is expected on the outskirts of Exeter at around 12.30pm, although race timings may vary. 

A number of roads will be closed to vehicles from around 12.15pm to 13.20pm on Friday 20 September. 

These are: 

  • Pennsylvania Road, 
  • Longbrook Street, 
  • York Road, 
  • Sidwell Street, 
  • High Street, 
  • South Street, 
  • Western Way Roundabout, 
  • Holloway Street, 
  • Topsham Road 

 

HAYTOR, DARTMOOR: 

The B3387 Station Road Roundabout, Bovey Tracey to Hemsworthy Gate, Dartmoor, will be closed to vehicles from 9pm on Thursday 19 September to 7.30pm on Friday 20 September. 

On-street parking will not be permitted.

No parking is permitted at Haytor and visitors are advised to use the park and rides at Parke Estate and Holwell Down. 

National bus passes are not valid on either of these services. 

Park & Ride:

If you are approaching from Exeter, use the Parke Estate Park & Ride which has space for 400 cars operating from a field car park at the Dartmoor National Park Headquarters at Parke, just outside Bovey Tracey. 

The Holwell Down Park & Ride, operating from a field car park just off the B3387, will cater for traffic approaching from Plymouth, Tavistock, Okehampton and North Devon, and has capacity for 2,800 cars. 

The Parke Estate Park & Ride will drop passengers at Moorlands House at Haytor, and the Holwell Down Service will travel to Saddle Tor Car Park at Haytor, both around half a mile from the finish. 

Both Park & Ride sites open at 8am for parking and cycling or walking. 

The Park & Ride services will operate around every 20 minutes, between 9am and 5pm. 

The Parke Estate park and ride is being operated by volunteers from the Dartmoor Search & Rescue Team Ashburton. 

Tickets cost £10 per vehicle which includes all day parking and return bus travel for up to seven people. 

All proceeds from the Parke Park & Ride will go to supporting the Search and Rescue Team’s work. 

The Holwell Down park and ride costs £5 per vehicle, which includes all day parking and return bus travel for up to seven people. 

Camping 

Camping is not permitted on Haytor.