Public transport 

Buses: This is rural England, not central London! The 373 bus stops in the centre of the village, roughly once an hour, on its way between Tiverton and Cullompton. The 22 bus also stops there, every two hours, on its way between Tiverton and Taunton, via Wellington. 

Trains: Tiverton Parkway, a short drive away, and is a mainline station with three massive car parks. It connects Uffculme to the rest of the world, both up-country and down the peninsula. The fastest of the 20+ direct trains a day to / from London Paddington take less than two hours, and to / from Bristol Temple Meads 45 minutes, in each case making them faster than driving. Birmingham New Street is typically 2 hours 15 minutes. 

Planes: Exeter Airport, which flies to Amsterdam Schiphol, Dublin and Edinburgh, is 31 km (20 miles) away, which certain websites compiled by AI bots seem to think is important.

Running over eleven miles from the River Exe in Tiverton to the hamlet of Lowdswell, in the middle of nowhere, the never-completed Great Western Canal is a great place for flat-by-definition, tranquil footpath walks that change markedly with the seasons.  We know every parking spot along its length, or if you prefer to cycle it, we recommend Abbotshood in Sampford Peverell (see below).  In high summer you might like to float in one of the UK’s last horse-drawn barges. Winners of Devon's Best small attraction of the year award in 2023-4.

The Great Western Canal provides 11 miles of safe, flat towpath cycling, with much to see along the way.  Depending on the time of year it is common to spot families of swans, geese, coots, moorhens, numerous species of duck, and even kingfishers.  At the Tiverton end is an information centre.  Hire comes with a booklet, giving lots of information on what is around.

The Old Well Garden Centre is a Devon-owned, independent family business that selling a huge variety of plants, gardening equipment and garden furniture.  it also has a gift shop, food hall, tea room and café, plus extensive parking. It is located by Waterloo Cross roundabout, a moment from junction 27 of the M5, on the A38.

Bridwell Park is a Country House Estate at the edge of Uffculme village, off the B3340 as it heads towards Willand. Formerly owned by the Mountbatten family, it is developing a new year-round programme of activities, from pop-up craft markets to musicals events.  The Orangery Café and its parkland are open on a daily basis.

Coldharbour Mill, on the north bank of the River Culm, in Uffculme village, is among of the oldest working woollen mills in the world, and almost certainly the oldest in England, having been in continuous production since 1799. Once a busy textile mill, taking fleeces from all over the world to transformed into yarn and cloth, today it hosts a collection of permanent and temporary historical exhibitions, including spinning and weaving operations, and fires up its steam engine for special events.  The mill wheel is the largest of its kind in the UK.