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South West Water
Community & Organisations

South West Water

Exeter

Owns and manages Dartmoor's reservoirs, including Burrator, Fernworthy and Avon Dam.

Sticklepath Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Sticklepath Parish Council

Sticklepath, Okehampton

The parish council for Sticklepath, home to the National Trust's Finch Foundry, near Okehampton.

Dartmoor quiz

Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "the Sepulchre"?

Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh. The Cabell tomb stands just south of the porch: a freestone chest tomb inside a small locked building with an iron grille, known locally as the Sepulchre.

Worth a visit
Tavistock Town Council
Community & Organisations

Tavistock Town Council

Tavistock

The town council for Tavistock, managing the historic Town Hall, Pannier Market and other civic property on behalf of residents.

Teignbridge District Council
Community & Organisations

Teignbridge District Council

Newton Abbot

The district council for eastern Dartmoor, including Bovey Tracey, Ashburton and Moretonhampstead.

Throwleigh Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Throwleigh Parish Council

Throwleigh, Okehampton

The parish council for Throwleigh, Wonson, Providence and Murchington, near Chagford.

Ugborough Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Ugborough Parish Council

Ivybridge

The parish council for Ugborough, Filham, Ludbrook, Bittaford, Moorhaven, Cheston and Wrangaton.

Walkhampton Parish Council
Community & Organisations

Walkhampton Parish Council

Walkhampton, Yelverton

Walkhampton's parish council, delivered jointly with Meavy, Sheepstor and Dousland through Burrator Parish Council.

West Devon Borough Council
Community & Organisations

West Devon Borough Council

Tavistock

The district council for western and north-western Dartmoor, including Tavistock, Okehampton and Princetown.

Whitchurch Parish Council
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Whitchurch Parish Council

Whitchurch, Tavistock

The council for Whitchurch parish near Tavistock, run jointly with Sampford Spiney as Plasterdown Grouped Parish Council.

A Book of Dartmoor, page 260Plate from A Book of Dartmoor, page 260, 1900

“We saw before us the extensive range of the Dartmoor heights ; the lovely vale of Meavy, Roborough Down, and the waters of the Hamoaze forming the middle distance ; and we actually looked over Mount Edgcumbe and the Cornish hills, and could see the ocean beyond like a sheet of silver, in one broad ...”

Also on Our DartmoorFur Tor — A remote granite tor in the north quarter of Dartmoor, ringed by the head streams of the Tavy and the deepest bogs on the moor.