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Name: Potter Around the Otter 50
Start: 2025-10-11
End: 2025-10-12
Location: Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton, United Kingdom • 11-12 Oct 2025

Potter Around the Otter 50 is a 50‑mile endurance event organized by LDWA Cornwall and Devon, staged from Budleigh Salterton in Devon. The route follows coast paths and inland footpaths within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, featuring generous checkpoints and straightforward navigation. This year the course has been reversed, starting by following the South West Coast Path East, looping inland to meet the River Otter, then heading south to the coast via Woodbury Common and the Exe Estuary before finishing along the coast. It welcomes LDWA members and non-members, and entrants are asked to bring a mug. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

United Kingdom South West (England) Budleigh Salterton

Race information

Website Registration

50 mi

50 Miles Runner

50 mi

50 Miles Walker

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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