Things To Do near Grimspound (English Heritage)

Cut Lane (Cut Hill Peat Pass), Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

When describing Dartmoor's peat passes in his work 'High Dartmoor', Eric Hemery wrote: 'The most ancient, and in some way most intriguing, of these passes is Cut Lane (ref.). The link path from E. Dart country ascends to the water-divide and enters the pass through the fen, where the way is marke...

Skir Ford Cross, Hexworthy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Skir Ford Cross is one of the many wonderful stone crosses waymarking the Buckfast to Tavistock Monastic Route across Dartmoor's National Park's south moor. The cross takes its name from nearby ford which is on the north side of Skir Hill. We've positioned Skir Ford Cross on Google maps...

The Old Inn, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

You could spend weeks on holiday in the north east section of Dartmoor because there's so much to see and do. The National Trust's Castle Drogo is the focal point. Some of the National Park's best walking is available in the Teign Gorge. There are also some great pubs and restaurants to enjoy....

Drewsteignton Stores, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

There's a village shop in the centre of Drewsteignton between The Old Inn and The Drewe Arms. The shop is on the Two Moors Way and it's ideal for topping up on food and drink if you're walking in the local area. We've positioned Drewsteignton Stores on Google maps so zoom in on the 'Sat...

The Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Great walking pub in pretty village A great walking pub, The Drewe Arms is also one of a huge number of top places to visit and enjoy squeezed into a relatively small but extraordinarily beautiful and interesting section of Dartmoor National Park. We've positioned The Drewe Arms on Google maps...

Black Hill (North Dartmoor), Okehampton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

One for the Dartmoor obsessive, Black Hill is a remote stretch of high moorland near the sources of the East Dart River, River Taw and West Okement River. Cranmere Pool and its letterbox are to the north. Cut Hill is to the south. We've positioned Black Hill on Google maps so zoom in on the 'Satelli...

Drewsteignton Holy Trinity Church, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

There's a large square in the middle of the Dartmoor village Drewsteignton. The church tower rises to the east of this square and dominates the village. 'Built mostly from the fifteenth century in the Perpendicular style' (source: the Drewsteignton parish website), the church is situated next to The...

Trenchford Reservoir, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Trenchford, Tottiford and Kennick reservoirs near the north eastern border of Dartmoor National Park Trenchford, Tottiford and Kennick Reservoirs are located in the north east of the Park. Moretonhampstead is to the north west and Bovey Tracey to the south. Trenchford, Tottiford and Kennick re...

Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust Education and Visitor Centre, Bovey Tracey, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Dartmoor National Park is known for its moorland ponies. Take a holiday in Dartmoor and it's difficult not to see ponies grazing or wandering the moors. These ponies come in a huge variety of colours, shapes and sizes. This variety can be confusing. A trip to the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust Educati...

Cowsic Head, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

The River Cowsic is a short river that flows into the West Dart River at Two Bridges in the heart of Dartmoor National Park. The River Cowsic rises at Cowsic Head on a very boggy section of moorland on Dartmoor's north plateau. The Cowsic Head is close to Beardown Man Standing Stone and Devil's Tor....

Ted Hughes Memorial Stone, Belstone, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

A memorial to the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in December 2011. More appropriately, another memorial was helicoptered onto the high moors of Dartmoor National Park a decade before. It's a simple granite stone sunk into a mound close to the head of the...

Parke Estate (National Trust), Bovey Tracey, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Parke is a country park on the eastern border of Dartmoor National Park. Whilst it has always been a beautiful place in its own right, lots of attractions have been added to Parke in recent years to turn it into a leisure destination. There's the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust Education and Visitor Ce...

Dartmoor East To West Walk/Crossing In A Day, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Open access moorland Dartmoor National Park is, in the main, open access. This means that you can take many routes across the moor. Some, like the Abbot's Way and Lichway/Lych Way, are marked in part on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map or the Harvey British Mountain Maps 'Dar...

Fingle Woods Wooston Castle Circular Walk, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Fingle Woods (National Trust/Woodland Trust) is an area of woodland in the north eastern section of Dartmoor National Park. Wooston Castle is a hillfort within the woods. Below are two route descriptions for walks to Wooston Castle within Fingle Woods.   1. Saw Mill Car Park to Wooston Ca...

Shaptor Woods, Bovey Tracey, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)

Shaptor Wood is a chaotic, boulder strewn wood cloaking a valley wall as it tapers down towards Bovey Tracey on the eastern border of Dartmoor National Park. In the upper section of the wood is Shaptor Rock with its massive views across the National Park and South Devon. Shaptor Down is the oak...