Hawkesdown Hill Camp

Iron Age hillfort, though calling it that makes it sound grander than it actually is. Hawkesdown Hill Camp, just inland from Seaton, is basically earthwork ramparts and ditches sprawling across a hilltop - the sort of place you walk through without necessarily realising you're looking at a 2,500-year-old settlement. The views across Devon from up there are proper though, and the walk itself is decent enough.

It's not a dressed-up tourist attraction with interpretation boards or anything. You're essentially picking your way through rough grassland with the remains of ancient defensive ditches marking where people once built their houses and kept watch. History types will find it interesting - the scale of the earthworks suggests a fairly significant settlement - but families with younger kids might struggle to see the point after twenty minutes. Walkers, on the other hand, will appreciate the location as part of a larger route through the area.

You can access it freely, though there's no visitor infrastructure to speak of. Allow an hour if you're stopping deliberately, less if you're just passing through on a longer walk. Spring and early summer are best - the brambles don't strangle the paths quite as viciously, and the views aren't obscured by overgrown summer vegetation.

If you're based at Beer Head Holiday Park or Oakdown, it's a reasonable morning outing before lunch in Seaton. Pair it with a coastal walk - you're only a couple of miles from the cliffs. Worth it if archaeology interests you; skip it if you need proper visitor facilities.