Things To Do near Michelcombe
Army Ring Road Walking and Cycling, Okehampton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
A network of roads run around a section of Dartmoor's north moor. We cover the road and parking in our Okehampton Camp listing. Whilst Dartmoor walking purists avoid the network, it does provide an easy and safe way to get to high, remote moorland on foot or by mountain bike. We'd recommend walki...
Tavistock Canal, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Visit Tavistock Canal and you'll find plenty of local information boards to read. One at the southern end of the canal at Tavistock Canal Southern Tunnel Portal reads: 'The Tavistock Canal, one of the few canals in Devon and Cornwall, was constructed between 1803 and 1817. This was a ti...
White Hill and White Hill Settlement, Belstone, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Marked White Hill on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map, and Big Whit Hill on the Harvey British Mountain Map 'Dartmoor' map, when visiting, this hill appears to be an extension of the much larger, and higher, Cosdon Hill. For example, as you approach White Hill across...
Secret Place Sculpture, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
One of the many joys of walking in the north east section of Dartmoor National Park around Castle Drogo (National Trust) and Teign Gorge (National Trust) are the beautiful public sculptures you encounter on your way. Secret Place is on the Two Moors Way close to where it leaves/enters Dartmo...
The Royal Oak Inn, Dunsford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Dartmoor, Exeter and South Devon The Royal Oak Inn is located in the village Dunsford on the north east border of Dartmoor National Park. Exeter is a short drive to the east. South Devon is easily accessible to the east and south. Things to do around The Royal Oak Inn 'Holiday in...
Tavistock Sir Francis Drake Statue and Birthplace, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Sir Francis Drake is said to have been born at Crowndale Farm on the outskirts of Tavistock. Whilst the existing farm buildings date from the nineteenth century, you can follow Tavistock Canal from the centre of town to Crowndale. A bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake stands at the south western e...
Dunsford St Mary's Church, Dunsford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
According to the 'Village of Dunsford' website, 'there has been a place of worship here since Saxon times. The present building dates from the 1420s'. Using information provided by English Heritage, the 'British Listed Buildings' website states that the 'church was dedicated in 1261 but the prese...
Brat Tor (Bray Tor), Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Watching the sun set over the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Cornwall from the western flank of Dartmoor is one of the National Park's great sights. Brat Tor, a rocky outcrop on the edge of the high moor, is a superb vantage point. It's also very easily accessible from a large c...
Widgery Cross, Lydford, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
In Lydford, a local information board reads: 'High on the open moor to the east of Lydford lies Bray Tor, sometimes called Brat Tor, on the summit of which stands an impressive granite cross erected to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. The cross was built at the expense of Willia...
Taw Plain and Taw Marsh, Belstone, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Walk south from Belstone village and you come to a vast natural ampitheatre of moorland, river and rock. This is Taw Plain. At the southern end of the plain rises the conical Steeperton Tor. Two arms of high ground embrace the flat river plain. The high ground to the west is formed by Belstone Tor a...
East Mill Tor, Belstone, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
East Mill Tor is a series of rocky outcrops on a broad spur of moorland shaped by the East Okement River and Black-a-ven Brook. When you're walking Dartmoor's north moor, East Mill Tor can appear a little isolated. Walkers tend to follow the army roads east and west of the tor on their way to higher...
Steng-a-Tor, Sourton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Small outcrop above the south west wall of the Upper West Okement Valley. It's situated in a potentially very boggy part of Woodcock Hill and Corn Ridge. Walking up there after a period of heavy rain is an unpleasant experience. Sandy Ford crosses the West Okement River below. Ten Tors teams refer t...
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...
IIMW Sculpture, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Explore the north eastern section of Dartmoor National Park and you'll come across plenty of sculptures by Peter Randall-Page. Some are situated on the route of the long distance path Two Moors Way. The IIMW Sculpture is close to the border of Dartmoor National Park. II = Two, M = Moors and W =...
Cosdon (The Cemetery) Stone Row, South Zeal, Dartmoor National Park (approx. 14 miles away)
Dartmoor National Park has the highest concentration of stone rows in the UK. Information boards in the excellent Postbridge National Park Visitor Centre state that 60% of England's stone rows and 'a third of all stone rows in the UK and Brittany are on Dartmoor'.* Most of these are single or double...