The Hobby

The Hobby is a forest in Clovelly, Torridge District, England. The Hobby is situated nearby to the hamlet Dyke Green, as well as near Higher Clovelly.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Milky Way and Clovelly Dykes.

The Milky Way

Theme park

The Milky Way Adventure Park is an amusement park in North Devon. It was named as Devon's Large Attraction of the Year by Visit Devon in 2023/24 and as one of the UK's best amusement parks by Trip Advisor every year since 2015 in their Travellers Choice Awards.

Clovelly Dykes

Archaeological site

Clovelly Dykes is an Iron Age hill fort or earthwork near Clovelly, Devon, England. Situated on the high plateau behind the coast at approx 210 metres above sea level, it is one of the largest and most impressive Early Iron Age hill-forts in Devon.

Church of All Saints, Clovelly

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucks Mills and Hartland.

Bucks Mills

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Bucks Mills is a small English village within the parish of Woolfardisworthy on the north coast of Devon. It was anciently the mill of the manor of Bucks, anciently Bokish, Buckish, Bochewis etc, listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Bochewis.

Hartland

Village

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The village of Hartland, whose parish incorporates the hamlet of Stoke to the west and the village of Meddon in the south, is the most north-westerly settlement in the county of Devon, England.