Things To Do near Cadover Bridge
Huntingdon Warren Cross, South Brent, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
There's a cross at the foot of Huntingdon Warren where, roughly speaking, the Two Moors Way meets/leaves the Abbot's Way as marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map. The cross is beyond the western end of Avon Dam Reservoir. We've positioned Huntingdon Warren Cross on Googl...
Middle Staple Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
As the name suggests, this is the middle tor of three rocky outcrops collectively known as The Staple Tors. Little Staple Tor is about 50 metres further down the moor. Great Staple Tor is just over 20 metres up the moor. All three tors are easily accessible from the car parking areas along the B3357...
Skir Hill, Hexworthy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Skir Hill is up there on the list of the most unlikely places you'll find yourself in Dartmoor National Park. Remote and with few obvious points of interest on it, Skir Hill also isn't on one of the many modern recreation paths or ancient travel routes that criss-cross the moor. If you're walking...
Ryder's Hill and Huntingdon Warren Circular Walk, Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
This walk is one for the Dartmoor enthusiast. It crosses remote, boggy moorland on Dartmoor's south moor with Avon Head Mires, Fishlake Mire and Ryder's Mire in the shallow valley to the west. It takes in the highest point on the south moor and the wonderfully named barrow Heap of Sinners. We'd reco...
Keble Martin Open Air Chapel, South Brent, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
'Keble Martin open air Chapel 1904. Divine worship last held here 11th July 1982 ...'
Ryder's Hill, Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Dartmoor National Park consists of two high moorland plateaus separated by a central dip and fringed by stunning wooded valleys. High Willhays is the highest point on the north plateau. Ryder's Hill is the highest point on the south plateau. Ryder's Hill is a shallow dome of moorland near the sou...
The Staple Tors, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Haytor Rocks and Hound Tor are, arguably, the most photographed tors in the eastern section of Dartmoor National Park. The Staple Tors are the most photographed in the west. The Staple Tors rise in a line from the B3357 to the top of a dome of moorland. Little Staple Tor is closest to the road and a...
Zeal Tor Tramway (Dismantled), South Brent, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
In his 'Guide To Dartmoor', William Crossing wrote: 'This track is really an old tramroad, over which peat was once conveyed to some naphtha works at Shipley, on the verge of Brent Moor. It has been disused for a very long time, but I can remember when the rails, which were of wood, bolted to blo...
Great Staple Tor, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Tor/walking One of Dartmoor's most photographed and dramatic tors, Great Staple Tor is located in the west section of the National Park where high moor sweeps down to Tavistock and the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We've positioned Great Staple Tor on Google maps so zoo...
Abbot's Way, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
The Abbot's Way is marked, in part, on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map. You can follow the path marked Abbot's Way on that OS map from the moor just west of Buckfastleigh across Dartmoor's south plateau to the Plym Ford area. After that, you can continue to Tavistock. The Ab...
Swincombe, Hexworthy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Swincombe is a collection of ruined, disused buildings just west of Hexworthy. It's named on the Harvey British Mountain Map 'Dartmoor' map. The buildings are drawn on an area of private land on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map but not named. Swincombe consists of Higher/Upper and...
Swincombe Bridge (Swincombe Fairy Bridge/Swincombe Ford Bridge), Hexworthy, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
The River Swincombe rises on the edge of Dartmoor's south plateau. It flows into Foxtor Mires where it meets Strane River at Headweir Ford. From there, it picks up speed and tumbles through a very pretty valley to a reservoir. Downstream of the reservoir, by the ruined buildings at Swincombe, is the...
Little Mis Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Many of Dartmoor's most impressive tors have much smaller satellite outcrops a bit like planets with their moons. Great Links Tor has Little Links Tor. Great Staple Tor has Middle Staple Tor and Little Staple Tor. The vast bulk of Great Mis Tor has Little Mis Tor. Situated just south of Great Mis...
Cox Tor, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Awesome views. Great place from which to watch the sun set over the Westcountry. Very easily accessible from a large car parking area on the western edge of Dartmoor's high moor. Cox Tor is also superb as part of a circular walk taking in Roos Tor and The Staple Tors. We've positioned Cox Tor on...
Cox, Roos and the Staple Tors Circular Walk, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 7 miles away)
Walking to one of Dartmoor's most impressive and photographed tors This walk takes you to Great Staple Tor which is one of Dartmoor National Park's most impressive and photographed tors. The walk also provides huge views over the Westcountry. The terrain is relatively easy and the walk...