Things To Do near Cudliptown
Beardown Man Standing Stone, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
The River Cowsic rises in a particularly boggy area of Dartmoor's north plateau close to the source of the River Tavy and West Dart River. The river cuts a deep valley that runs down to the Two Bridges area. If you walk the moorland west of this river, you'll see a tall, thin object breaking the sky...
Devil's Tor, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Devil's Tor is a small rocky outcrop in a superb location next to the extraordinary Beardown Man Standing Stone. Go for the views, the standing stone and the evocative name. Devil's Tor is situated in boggy, rough cut moorland on Dartmoor's north plateau. Whilst it's relatively ea...
Holming Beam Bridge, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
There's a car parking area at Holming Beam offering access to the Merrivale Range area of Dartmoor National Park. This is a British Army firing range but it's open to the public for large chunks of the year. The car parking area is above a beautiful valley cut by the River Cowsic as it fl...
Ingra Tor, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 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...
Dartmoor East To West Walk/Crossing In A Day, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 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...
Fur Tor, Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Said to be the most remote area within Dartmoor National Park and, as a consequence, southern England, Fur Tor is essential visiting for any Dartmoor lover or anyone with a passion for the outdoors. The views from Fur Tor are exceptional, perhaps among the finest in the Park. Stood on one of th...
Princetown Railway (Princetown to Yelverton Railway Dismantled), Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Princetown Railway (Princetown to Yelverton Railway Dismantled) is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Fur Tor from Postbridge Circular Walk, Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Walking to the most remote area of Dartmoor and southern England This is a big walk into the most remote area of Dartmoor National Park and southern England. There are many routes to Fur Tor but this one starts at Postbridge National Park Visitor Centre. It's the 'classic' Fur Tor ro...
Lydford Tor, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
The Lichway/Lych Way runs, roughly speaking, between Bellever Forest in the heart of Dartmoor to Lydford on the western border of the National Park. For centuries, people working the moors had to carry their dead across the moors to bury them at Lydford Church. Lydford Tor is situated by the Lichway...
Dartmoor Prison Museum, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Two of the most grim yet fascinating visitor attractions in the Westcountry can be found on its high moors. On Bodmin is Bodmin Jail. On Dartmoor is Dartmoor Prison Museum. Dartmoor Prison dominates Princetown. Just up the road from the prison's famous main entrance, in a building that was once t...
Rattle Brook, Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Rattle Brook rises by the Rattlebrook Peatworks (Disused) on remote moorland in the western section of Dartmoor National Park. It flows past Bleak House with Green Tor to the east and Higher and Lower Dunna Goat Tors to the west. Beyond Rattlebrook Mine (Disused), it runs between Amicombe Hill...
Little Kneeset, Okehampton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Fur Tor is said to be the most remote place on Dartmoor and in southern England. Little Kneeset feels like it. A small hill situated between Great Kneeset and Fur Tor, Little Kneeset is difficult to get to. You're most likely to pass by if you're walking the North-South (Track) Ancient Travel Route...
Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
Drive the B3212 from Two Bridges to Princetown and you come to a lay-by offering views of the formidable Dartmoor Prison. Today, it's a prison housing low risk inmates. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was built to house French and American prisoners of war. During the Napoleonic Wars, Fr...
Lower Dunna Goat, Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
One of a pair of small rocky outcrops overlooking Rattle Brook, Lower Dunna Goat is situated between Great Links Tor and Bleak House in the western section of Dartmoor National Park. Higher Dunna Goat is a very short walk away to the north. Both tors are on the edge of the interior of Dartmoor's nor...
Dartmoor Live Firing, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 5 miles away)
If you see one of these flags then the army are using the area for live firing. You'll hear the gunfire well before you see red flags but, still, do look out for them. They're positioned on the highest ground so you can't miss them. Dartmoor has three army ranges: Okehampton, Wilsworthy and Merri...