The Otter Estuary
Our view
The walk starts on the west side of White Bridge. Pass through a small gate, following Coast Path signs to Budleigh Salterton along the right bank of the river. This popular part of the path is very level and well surfaced. The large pebble bar at the mouth of the estuary can be seen ahead, created by a huge storm: plans to blast a shipping channel through this were dropped with the coming of the railway in 1897.
The Coast Path runs along an embankment, built by Napoleonic prisoners of war as part of a scheme to drain the land to form the meadows seen today. Pass a bird hide overlooking the Otter, in which there is information about identifying birds seen on the water and in the saltmarsh. Soon after, the path bears right past the cricket pitch to meet a footpath post, with the Coast Path signed ahead.
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