Eating, drinking and staying on Dartmoor
Chagford
Traditional family butcher with shops in Okehampton and Chagford, offering locally-sourced meats, handcrafted sausages and fresh pasties since 1952.
Buckfastleigh
Abbey Inn is a cosy riverside pub in Buckfastleigh near Dartmoor. Enjoy home-cooked food, Sunday roasts, cocktails, and live music. Stay in refurbished en-suite rooms with river views and free parking. Family-friendly, with a heated terrace near Buckfast Abbey.
Tavistock
Sheltered housing for older people at Drake Lodge in Tavistock, with meals, support and on-site staff.
South Hams
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Exeter
Explore Arcadia Bar & Eatery in Exeter for fresh, local flavours and a social atmosphere. Enjoy global-inspired small plates and quality drinks in a welcoming space.
Woodland campsite near Dartmoor offering wild camping, glamping and traditional pitches across 68 acres in Rattery, Devon.
Ashburton
The accommodation at Ashburton Court includes a self catering apartment, and a variety of charming and well-appointed superking, twin, and double rooms.
West Devon, Yelverton
Bachelor's Hall is perfect for residentials, Duke of Edinburgh groups, large family get-togethers or a reunion of friends. Everyone can experience the freedom of the moor, the vastness of the landscape and the closeness to the abundant wildlife.
Dartmeet
Badgers Holt offers 5 self catered holiday apartments, set alongside the river Dart on Dartmoor, Devon. An idyllic retreat for escapes with family and friends. For larger exclusive hire groups a communal games space is available for gatherings.
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“I once heard a woman tell one of her daughters, in a Dartmoor cottage, " to log the child's cradle." There, thought I, is a British word ; log means to rock, hence logging, or logan stone.”
Also on Our DartmoorEnclosure near White Tor fort — Bronze Age stone hut circle and enclosure on the moor north of White Tor fort, a scheduled monument.
by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography Our Dartmoor started life as a zine: an attempt to bring together people…
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…
