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Walking the Dartmoor Railroads
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Walking the Dartmoor Railroads

by Eric Hemery

Eric Hemery's guide to the vanished tramroads and railways that once crossed Dartmoor's high moor and border country.

Walking the Dartmoor Way
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Walking the Dartmoor Way

by Sue Viccars

Sue Viccars' Cicerone guidebook to the Dartmoor Way, a 109-mile waymarked circuit around the edge of Dartmoor National Park.

Water from the Moor
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Water from the Moor

by David J. Hawkings

David Hawkings' 1987 history of how Plymouth drew its water supply from Dartmoor's leats.

West Country Melodeon
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West Country Melodeon

by Bob Cann

Bob Cann's classic 1975 solo album of Dartmoor hornpipes, jigs and waltzes, recorded at South Tawton and released by Topic Records.

Who Owns England?
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Who Owns England?

by Guy Shrubsole

Guy Shrubsole's 2019 investigation into who really owns England's land, and how concentrated landownership shapes housing, farming and access to the countryside.

Widecombe Fair
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Widecombe Fair

by Eden Phillpotts

Set around the famous fair at Widecombe-in-the-Moor, a broad, comic picture of a moor community.

Wild Swimming Walks: Dorset & East Devon
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Wild Swimming Walks: Dorset & East Devon

by Sophie Pierce & Matt Newbury

Sophie Pierce and Matt Newbury's guide to 28 wild swimming walks across Dorset's Jurassic Coast and East Devon.

Wintering Hay
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Wintering Hay

by John Trevena

A 1912 Dartmoor novel that the Los Angeles Times once ranked alongside the works of Turgenev and Dostoevsky.

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