Things To Do near Becky Falls Ancient Woodland Park
Yealm Steps, Cornwood, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 13 miles away)
Yealm Steps is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Yealm Steps Waterfall, Cornwood, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 13 miles away)
A beautiful waterfall on remote, high moor roughly a kilometre south of Yealm Head, Yealm Steps Waterfall is in the upper section of Hawns and Dendles Gorge. The waterfall is reasonably close to Dendles Wood National Nature Reserve. Stall Moor, with its extraordinary stone rows, is to the east. The...
Fitz Well and Cross, Okehampton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 13 miles away)
Just west of the moorland road that climbs from Okehampton to Okehampton Camp are Fitz Well and Cross. Unless you're specifically looking for the cross, it's likely that you'd miss it. Zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting of the accompanying Google map to see its location. In his work 'The Ancient...
Stalldown Stone Row, Cornwood, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 13 miles away)
Many people think this is the most impressive stone row in Dartmoor National Park. Its giant stones can be seen from miles around. If you didn't know they were there, from afar, you'd assume they were a long line of people wandering to or from the heart of Dartmoor's south moor. These days, the...
Upper Plym Valley (English Heritage), Sheepstor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 13 miles away)
The English Heritage Handbook states that the Upper Plym Valley has 'some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 6 square miles of Dartmoor landscape'. Roughly speaking, these sites can be found on the moor between Plym Head and Cadover Bridge. Between these two points of interest, the...
White Tor, Peter Tavy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
White Tor (or White Tor/Whittor) is located on Cudliptown Down on the western side of Dartmoor National Park. It is said to be topped by a Neolithic tor enclosure. See our White Tor Fort/Neolithic Enclosure listing for further information and directions.
White Tor Fort/Neolithic Enclosure, Peter Tavy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
If you're interested in the history and prehistory of Dartmoor National Park, buy a copy of Phil Newman's 'The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor'. In chapter 2, which covers the 'Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age', there's a section on tor enclosures. Newman writes: 'Two somewhat enigmatic sites that ma...
Merrivale Quarry, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
In his work 'High Dartmoor', Eric Hemery writes: 'William Duke opened his Tor Quarry in 1876, its operations absorbing the old sett-making craft previously carried out under the Steeple Tors. Harris states in Industriology that granite from the quarry was supplied to Pethicks of Swell T...
Roos Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Roos is the northernmost tor in a cluster of outcrops on the western side of Dartmoor National Park. It's near the stunning and much photographed Great Staple Tor and overlooks Langstone Moor with its stone circle, standing stone and stone row. Great Mis Tor dominates to the east. The view north alo...
Great Links Tor, Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
This is one of the most dramatic and impressive tors on Dartmoor. It dominates the western flank of the National Park and is visible from miles around. Essential Dartmoor visiting, the views from Great Links Tor are exceptional. We've positioned Great Links Tor on Google maps so zoom in on the 'S...
River Yealm, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
There are a number of areas on Dartmoor's high north and south moors where many rivers, streams and brooks rise. The area around Cranmere Pool on the north moor is the most famous. On the south moor, the Langcombe Hill area is another. These areas are high, flat and very boggy. The River Yealm has i...
Ingra Tor, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
The Princetown Railway (Princetown to Yelverton Railway Dismantled) descends from Princetown to the border of Dartmoor National Park. All that remains is an old trackbed that's used for the Granite and Gears Princetown Railway Cycling Routes. The railway trackbed sweeps around a number of...
Corn Ridge, Sourton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
South of Meldon Reservoir, high above the West Okement River as it flows past the Black-a-Tor Copse National Nature Reserve, is Corn Ridge. It’s an impressive site from High Willhays or Black Tor. To walk Corn Ridge, we’d recommend parking at Meldon Reservoir and heading south west to Sourton...
Rattlebrook Peatworks Railway (Disused), Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Rattlebrook Peatworks (Disused) was a commercial venture selling peat from Dartmoor's high moorland. Rattlebrook Peatworks Railway (Disused) was built to transport this peat from the moor to Bridestowe. Today, the disused trackbed of the peatworks railway provides safe and easy access to Dartmoor's...
Norsworthy Bridge, Yelverton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
We include Norsworthy Bridge as a point of reference. Located at the eastern end of Burrator Reservoir, there's a large car parking area by the bridge. It's on a ring road that runs around the water. Norsworthy Bridge is a great place from which to walk to Down Tor and Down Tor Stone Row (Hingsto...