Andrews Corner

Turn off the main road near Exeter and you'll find Andrews Corner - a proper old-fashioned wayside landmark that's been marking this junction for longer than most people can remember. It's not flashy or complicated. You stop, you look at the sturdy stone corner marker, you read the weathered inscriptions if you can make them out, and you move on. That's rather the point of it.

Historically minded visitors will appreciate what it represents - a waypoint from an era when travellers actually needed to know where they were. The locals certainly know it; it's been a fixed point in the landscape for generations, and that continuity matters more than any renovation could.

This isn't a destination you'd drive an hour to reach, but if you're staying at Woodland Springs Touring Park just down the road - about 4.5 miles away - it's worth a fifteen-minute diversion while you're exploring the area. Bring the family on a country drive and stop to have a look. Kids might find it dull after thirty seconds, admittedly. But for anyone interested in how rural England actually worked before GPS existed, it tells a quiet story.

Free to visit, naturally. No facilities, no café, no gift shop - just the corner itself. Best approached as a stop-off rather than a destination, really. The walk around it takes two minutes. Fitting, somehow.