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Sunday 30 August 2026, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival - Market Square, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20
£17
Relax after a walk up the moor or just generally have a chilled time at the festival with our Sauna in Princetown.Part of the Dartmoor Outdoor Festival.
Sunday 30 August 2026, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
£22.50
Bring your clan, step into the arena, and experience the adrenaline rush of combat archery - the ultimate mash-up of archery, dodgeball, and tactical team play. Armed with speciall…
Sunday 30 August 2026, 6:30pm – 10:00pm
Princetown Community Centre, Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QE
Free
Over the weekend, our film and photography competitions will be in full swing across the moor.Come along on Sunday to see the results and have your say, your vote counts in our Peo…
Monday 31 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…
Monday 31 August 2026, 10:00am – 11:30am
Lakemoor Alpacas, Lakemoor, Combe, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0JF
£45
Relax and enjoy the beautiful views across Dartmoor and South Devon as you walk your alpacas on our Dartmoor alpaca farm. Learn all about alpacas and linked crafts such as felting,…
Monday 31 August 2026, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Meldon Reservoir, Okehampton, EX20
£20
Did you know? Contrary to earlier belief, North Dartmoor host a plateau style Ice Cap! a Localised glacier independent of the of the Pleistocene Ice Sheet existed on Dartmoor. Join…
Monday 31 August 2026, 10:00am – 1:30pm
Belstone Car Park, Belstone, Okehampton, EX20 1RD
£15
A walk with Medical Herbalist and Archaeobotanist Jenny Carden. From Belstone to Sticklepath along the beautiful wooded Cleave, and back over the open moor. We will look for and an…
Monday 31 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…
Monday 31 August 2026, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Bonehill Rocks, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TD
£30
No prior outdoor bouldering experience is required to come along to this workshop. This is suitable for first timers, beginners or those looking for bouldering sessions with good v…
Monday 31 August 2026, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor National Park, Two Bridges, Yelverton, PL20 6SW
£28.50
One of Dartmoor’s most precious and biodiverse habitats is temperate rainforest. This walk takes us round the perimeter of one of these special oakwoods, so fragile that we will ad…
Monday 31 August 2026, 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Meldon Reservoir, Okehampton, EX20
£20
Did you know? Contrary to earlier belief, North Dartmoor host a plateau style Ice Cap! a Localised glacier independent of the of the Pleistocene Ice Sheet existed on Dartmoor. Join…
Tuesday 1 September 2026, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Widecombe in the Moor, Newton Abbot, TQ13
Free
We've probably all heard nature described as 'awe inspiring.' When we hear that phrase it might conjure images of snow-capped mountains, frothy waterfalls or vast plains, but awe c…
Tuesday 1 September 2026, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Dartmoor Outdoor Festival - Market Square, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20
£15
In the 1820's Thomas Tyrwhitt, founder of Princetown and builder of Dartmoor Prison, created a horse-drawn tramway from Princetown to Plymouth - a forerunner of the Great Western R…
Tuesday 1 September 2026, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Belstone Car Park, Belstone, Okehampton, EX20 1RD
£25
An introduction to what is a huge topic, we start with the very basics such as what plants are and the role they play in life on Dartmoor. We then break down plants into very gener…
Tuesday 1 September 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…
Tuesday 1 September 2026, 11:00am – 3:30pm
Postrbidge Bellever Car Park, Postbridge, Yelverton, PL20
Free
An accessible walk for people using mobility scooters such as trampers (Level 3). Able bodied walkers also welcome. We will start at Postbridge and do a loop around the forest look…
Tuesday 1 September 2026, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Brimpts Farm, Dartmeet, Yelverton, PL20 6SG
£37.50
Step back in time with a traditional horse drawn carriage ride through the heart of Dartmoor.Starting from Brimpts Farm, Dartmeet, you'll get off beaten track around the farm and t…
Wednesday 2 September 2026, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Pork Hill car park, Pork Hill, Tavistock, PL19 9JU
£55
For walkers who would like refresher on moorland navigation with map and compass. In this relaxed full day session Craig will re-introduce participants to using a map and compass i…
Wednesday 2 September 2026, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Meldon Reservoir, Okehampton, EX20
£30
Enjoy a circular Dartmoor adventure from Meldon Reservoir, climbing to High Willhays, Dartmoor’s highest point, and exploring the scenic Black-a-Tor Copse. Take in dramatic tors, o…
Wednesday 2 September 2026, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Hound Tor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TT
Free
Folklore has long shaped our understanding of the Dartmoor landscape. The eroded granite boulders of Hound Tor aren't just volcanic rock, they're the hounds of the unfortunate Bowe…
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…
