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Tuesday 18 August 2026, 10:00am
Belstone car park (SX 621 938)
£7
Walk along River Taw to Sticklepath, approximately 3-4 miles.
Friday 21 August 2026, 10:00am
Bennett's Cross (SX 679 817)
£12
6 mile guided walk visiting Birch Tor, Hookney Tor, King Tor, Grimspound and Headland Warren.
Thursday 27 August 2026, 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival
£10
Details Inside every seemingly strange story of witches, black dogs, and ghostly happenings on Dartmoor is a small kernel of truth. Hear some of Dartmoor’s most famous myths and…
Thursday 27 August 2026, 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Explore Dartmoor's famous myths and legends and discover real histories behind them.
Friday 28 August 2026, 10:00am – 4:00pm
£120.00
Spend a day being introduced to multipitch climbing by being guided up some of the best routes in the South West! Climb routes up to 50m high, learn some climbing skills and get in…
Friday 28 August 2026, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Hound Tor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TT
£45
For this session, no previous experience is required, this is a taster session for climbing on real rock and be introduced to the joys of challenging yourself with climbing movemen…
Friday 28 August 2026, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival
Free
A walk for those using mobility scooters. Able bodied walkers also welcome. In the morning we will follow forest paths with gentle hills (Level 2) and in the afternoon the paths wi…
Friday 28 August 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival
Free
A walk for those using mobility scooters. Able bodied walkers also welcome. In the morning we will follow forest paths with gentle hills (Level 2) and in the afternoon the paths wi…
Friday 28 August 2026, 6:45pm – 8:30pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival
£15
Join us for an evening saunter to the Nine Maidens stone circle as the sun sets and the full moon rises. We plan to travel over the open moor, with pauses along the way to connect …
Friday 28 August 2026, 6:45pm – 8:30pm
Belstone Car Park, Belstone, Okehampton, EX20 1RD
£15
Join us for an evening saunter to the Nine Maidens stone circle as the sun sets and the full moon rises. We plan to travel over the open moor, with pauses along the way to connect …
Friday 28 August 2026, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Princetown Community Centre, Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QE
£5
Welcome to the Year of Wild Camping2025 is the year we put wild camping firmly on the map. Through our We Wild Camp campaign, the BMC are calling for a definitive moment in the pol…
Friday 28 August 2026, 8:00pm
Pork Hill car park (SX 531 751)
£8 (£6 under 16)
Walk in moonlight on Dartmoor learning legends, 3 miles, 2 hours.
Saturday 29 August 2026 – Monday 31 August 2026
Princetown Community Centre, Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QE
£25
This isn’t your standard short film competition.Instead of arriving with a polished plan and pre-shot footage, you’ll draw your theme, storyline, and environment out of a hat. From…
Saturday 29 August 2026 – Monday 31 August 2026
Princetown Community Centre, Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QE
£20
A photography competition like with a twistYou’ll have until 24 hours to find, capture, and edit the best photograph you can on the moor.But there’s a twist. Instead of choosing yo…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 8:00am – 9:00am
Wellness Zone, Plume of Feathers, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QQ
£10
Start your day right on Dartmoor with a revitalising morning yoga session.Led by Anna White from Pretzel Studio in Bovey Tracey, this is the perfect way to prepare yourself for a d…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival - Market Square, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20
£15
Following the route of the main Eleven Tors Challenge route, Andy (event route planner) will lead you around the route, pointing out places of interest on route and briefing any fo…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Haytor Middle Car Park, Haytor Vale, Newton Abbot, TQ13 9XS
£17.50
A guided walk with opportunities to sketch along the way with artist and qualified Hill and Moorland Leader, Karen Pearson. We will follow the granite railway to visit the two quar…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Hound Tor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TT
£20
Spend half a day experiencing what rock climbing is all about! Once you are geared up, listened to the safety brief and shown the ropes (literally!) it is time to get your hands on…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 10:00am – 11:30am
Meldon Quarry Car Park, Unnamed Rd, Okehampton, Meldon, EX20 4LU
£35
Join us in the north of Dartmoor for an adventure like no other, the Meldon Viaduct Abseil. Descend 100 feet to the valley floor below, with breathtaking views of Dartmoor stretchi…
Saturday 29 August 2026, 10:00am – 11:00am
£5.00
K9 Commando is a specialist canine services provider, working with highly trained conservation detection dog teams. Our work supports monitoring, management, and research across th…
A Vast Solitude by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography A review of "An Exploration of Dartmoor and its…
Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up? (A Dartmoor Story about a lowly Tavistock resident in the Nineteenth…
Bowerman’s Nose: Legends are like memes in slow motion by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography The universe is…
Exercise Baskerville by Clive Darke In 1967 there were eighteen deaths from exposure (hypothermia) and frostbite on…
In the Footsteps of Francis Drake by David J. Hawkings As a boy growing up in Plymouth, I often found myself looking to…
The Loneliest Place by George Wall A solitary hawthorn twists improbably out of the earth. The silhouette of a distant…
Prehistoric Dartmoor by Andrew McAuley Most visitors to Dartmoor National Park are aware that it is a landscape full of…
