Becky Falls Waterfalls, Manaton, Dartmoor National Park

Becky Falls Waterfalls, Manaton, Dartmoor National Park

Waterfalls/family attraction

Becky Falls Woodland Park is one of Dartmoor's most popular family attractions. Most people visit to experience its waterfalls. The upper, or main, waterfalls are the highlight. That said, we really enjoy following the Becka Brook downstream to the lower waterfalls. This section of the woodland park is the most wild. If you can, visit after a period of rain. The noise is intoxicating.

The waterfalls are powered by the Becka Brook. This brook rises on moorland between, roughly speaking, Haytor Rocks and Widecombe-in-the-Moor. It flows through Becky Falls Woodland Park into Houndtor Wood and joins the River Bovey in the Bovey Valley near Hisley Bridge.

There are plenty of waterfalls to enjoy on Dartmoor. For high waterfalls, visit Canonteign Falls Waterfall and the National Trust's Lydford Gorge White Lady Waterfall. For more remote waterfalls, yomp out to the East Dart River Waterfall and Yealm Steps Waterfall.