Hameldown Beacon, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park

Hameldown Beacon, Widecombe in the Moor, Dartmoor National Park

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a beacon as 'a fire or light set up in a high or prominent position as a warning, signal, or celebration’. There is a chain of beacons on Dartmoor running from the edge of the north moor down to the edge of the south moor. Hameldown Beacon is, roughly speaking, in the centre of this chain. Running north to south, the beacons are:

Cosdon Beacon.

Hameldown Beacon.

Buckland Beacon.

Ugborough Beacon.

Western Beacon.

Penn Beacon.

Hameldown Beacon is on the Two Moors Way and is about one kilometre south of Broad Barrow which is the highest point on Hamel Down.

We’ve positioned Hameldown Beacon on Google maps so zoom in on the ‘Satellite’ setting to see its location. See our Broad Barrow listing for directions.