Things To Do in Dartmoor
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast, Dartmoor National Park
Family attraction At the heart of Buckfast Abbey is the big and impressive abbey church. Remarkably, it took no more than six men thirty years to construct the building. This extraordinary feat took place at the beginning of the 20th century. Given the faith and endurance that went in to building...
Buckland Abbey (National Trust), Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park
Family attraction Spend time walking Dartmoor's south plateau and you'll encounter a high number of ancient crosses. These marked routes across the moors. The routes were used by monks and others to travel between the medieval abbeys and priory that fringed the wild, high ground. Buckland Abbey w...
Lydford Gorge (National Trust), Lydford, Dartmoor National Park
[Main photo: view of the path running alongside the River Lyd in Lydford Gorge. Browse the images in the photo gallery to see Lydford Gorge through the seasons] The highest natural waterfall in South West England Lydford Gorge is a major visitor attraction in Dartmoor National Park....
River Dart Adventures, Ashburton, Dartmoor National Park
Family attraction River Dart Adventures is an outdoor adventure park located within the River Dart Country Park on the outskirts of Ashburton near the eastern border of Dartmoor National Park. A family attraction, kids love it. As a day visitor, you pay to enter River Dart Country Park and the...
Ausewell Wood, Buckland in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park
Ausewell Wood is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Walkham Valley, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park
[Main picture: the Walkham Valley seen from the moorland road near Withill. View up to Vixen Tor and the Staple Tors] Spectacular wooded valley between Merrivale and Horrabridge Many of Dartmoor’s most famous rivers rise on the north moor. The rivers Tavy, Taw, Teign and Dart have...
White Wood, Holne, Dartmoor National Park
[Main photo: White Wood (left), the River Dart and Meltor Wood (right) in the heart of the Dart Gorge near Mel Pool. View upriver to Rowbrook House. Browse the images in the photo gallery to see Dartmoor's White Wood through the seasons] The Dart Gorge The Dart Gorge is one of the mo...
Dartmoor Temperate Rainforest and Woodlands, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
[Main photo: the Teign Gorge above Fingle Bridge and Fingle Bridge Inn in the north eastern section of Dartmoor National Park] Mosses and lichens hang from the trees By Loch Maree, in north west Scotland, is Beinn Eighe Visitor Centre. It acts as a gateway to ‘precious woodlands [t...
Blackadon Local Nature Reserve, Poundsgate, Dartmoor National Park
Blackadon is a wonderful but relatively undervisited local nature reserve on Dartmoor If you look at Ordnance Survey Explorer mapping, you’ll see a strip of open access moor and heavily wooded valley to the west of the River Webburn. This is Blackadon Local Nature Reserve. Topped by a tor,...
Dartmoor Archaeology, Dartmoor, Dartmoor National Park
Dartmoor Archaeology Dartmoor has the longest stone row in the world, '60% of all stone rows to be found in England' and 'a third of all stone rows in the UK and Brittany' (stats from Postbridge National Park Visitor Centre). Tavistock, on the western border of the national park, is part of...
Yealm Steps, Cornwood, Dartmoor National Park
Yealm Steps is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Tavistock Pannier Market, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park
Tavistock Pannier Market is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Tavistock Museum, Tavistock, Dartmoor National Park
Tavistock Museum is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Dartmeet Clapper Bridge, Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park
Dartmeet Clapper Bridge is one of Dartmoor National Park's many attractions and we'll be adding more information shortly.
Beardown Tors, Two Bridges, Dartmoor National Park
Cluster of outcrops overlooking the West Dart River and Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Many of Dartmoor's most beautiful locations are shaped by rivers. The Dart Gorge, Teign Gorge, Tavy Cleave and Lustleigh Cleave are all cut by rivers flowing from the high moor. The river valley just no...