Mine Spoil Heaps (dis)
Weathered spoil heaps marking centuries of tin and copper extraction on the high moor.
Castles, stone circles, reservoirs and viewpoints
Our Dartmoor lists 59 attractions and visitor sites on and around Dartmoor, with the largest groups in Exeter (9), Chagford (3), Plymouth (3).
Use the map or the list below to see where each one is.
Weathered spoil heaps marking centuries of tin and copper extraction on the high moor.
Moretonhampstead
A community-run, solar-heated 25-metre open-air swimming pool open from May to September, offering general and lane swimming, aqua fit, lessons, coaching and water polo.
Bovey Tracey
National Trust property near Bovey Tracey
Private healthcare provider with gyms, fitness classes, physiotherapy and wellbeing services across multiple locations.
Exeter
Tel: 01392 272105 9am till 5pm Office Hours Welcome to Oaklands Riding School Oaklands Riding school and livery yard was established in 1971 and has always been a family run…
Shipley Bridge, Buckfastleigh
A tin mine pit carved into Dartmoor's granite moorland, testament to centuries of mining that shaped this landscape.
Dartmeet, Nr Princetown
Selling Gnomes since 1947 and sheepskin products since 1960
Barbican, Plymouth
Cinema and event listings, tickets, film blogs and more. Discover the best in mainstream, independent and world film at Plymouth's only independent cinema.
Information about Central Park, the largest park in Plymouth
Moody Hound Tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“throughout the winter it is quite a different thing ; in the darkness, fog, and often snow, there is not much to admire in the files of spectral convicts marching across the yards into Chapel.”
Also on Our DartmoorTales of Old Ockington: Reliving 2000 Years in Okehampton - A Dartmoor Community — Alan Endacott's 2002 local history of Okehampton, the Dartmoor gateway town, told through 2000 years of its people, the castle and the Courtenay family who owned it.