Dartmoor People

Sophie Pierce

For many years Sophie was a reporter for BBC South West, covering all manner of stories for the radio and TV. She left in 2020 and now writes full time.

Sue Viccars

Morchard Bishop, Crediton

Freelance outdoor writer, editor and photographer specialising in southwest England, particularly Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Sylvia Sayer

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Chairman of the Dartmoor Preservation Association from 1951 to 1973, and its most formidable conservation campaigner, fighting off a TV mast, military exercises, reservoirs and china clay expansion across the moor.

The Dartmoor Podcast

Not a Podcast! A series of short documentaries on all things Dartmoor: myths and legends, history, nature, wild camping, literature, interesting local people, and more!

Theo Brown

Devonshire Association folklore recorder whose decades of Dartmoor fieldwork produced woodcuts, maps and a museum object alongside her written record of the moor's traditions.

Tom Usher

Chief Executive of the Dartmoor Preservation Association, leading its work on access, conservation and the Dartmoor Public Access Fund.

William Crossing

Victorian topographer and antiquary (1847-1928), the single most prolific chronicler of Dartmoor, author of the classic Guide to Dartmoor and a dozen other books on the moor.

Tors of Dartmoor

A searchable database of over 930 tors, rocks and outcrops across Dartmoor National Park, covering both well-known and lesser-known sites.