A consultation to gauge the public's opinion on two proposed walking routes from Sidbury and Sidford and Ottery St Mary and Feniton has been launched.

Devon County Council have launched the consultation on the Countywide Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).

The consultation started on Tuesday October 1 and ends this Saturday (November 30).

Fill details on the scheme is on the county council website. Read more: Countywide Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).

To give your views on the proposals, please fill out the questionnaire – this will provide the project team with direct feedback.

There are two routes planned in the Devon County Council consultation, route eight runs from Feniton in the north, where a mainline railway station links the area to Exeter and London, to Sidmouth.

Along the proposed route are Ottery St Mary and Tipton St John.

The route roughly follows the disused railway line throughout, but due to varying states of the railway, there are sections where 'alternative alignments are considered.'

The terrain of the route is hilly in most of the sections. The sections passing through the towns of Feniton, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, Sidford and Newton Poppleford is close to residential areas and the other sections are mostly agriculture land.

Concepts around this route have been in the public domain since approximately 2000, and have included various feasibility studies, appraisal papers and campaign groups.

A feasibility study for the complete route was developed and published by Sustrans in April 2014.

Route 9: Sidbury to Sidford. The village is connected by the A375. Despite the short distance between them, walking, wheeling and cycling are very limited.

The A375 is not suitable for people to walk on and there is no dedicated active travel infrastructure.

The total length of the route is 2.5k starting at Two Bridges Road near Brook Close, Sidford, passing through Hillside and Furzehill before entering Sidbury and ending at Fore Street.