Leisure & Outdoor

Recreation and activities on and around the moor

Tors & Landmarks

Sharp Tor

One of several Sharp Tors on Dartmoor, this 348-metre outcrop sits on Harford Moor and carries a Bronze Age cairn.

Tors & Landmarks

Sharpitor

A small granite tor near Burrator reservoir with plenty of rocks to scramble on and views across to Cornwall.

Tors & Landmarks

Shavercombe Tor

A modest single outcrop of granite above Shavercombe Brook, best visited for the waterfall and gorge rather than the tor itself.

Tors & Landmarks

Sheeps Tor

A prominent granite tor above Burrator Reservoir with a distinctive eastern cliff face and a cave to its south, celebrated locally for rock climbing and pixie folklore.

Tors & Landmarks

Sheeps Tor

A dominant granite tor above Burrator Reservoir with a perpendicular eastern cliff and a cave to the south, popular for climbing and bouldering.

Tors & Landmarks

Welstor Rock

A small rocky outcrop just east of Buckland Beacon with views down the Dart valley and north to Rippon Tor.

Tors & Landmarks

Wedlake Tor

Small metamorphic rock outcrop above Wedlake Farm, surprisingly distinct when viewed from Colly Brook despite the surrounding bare moorland.

Tors & Landmarks

Watern Tor

Spectacular granite formation on Dartmoor's northern moor, famous for its Thirlstone hole and unusually weathered horizontal rock layers.

Tors & Landmarks

West Mill Tor

A grand granite stack between Rowtor and Yes Tor, striking from the north and known for one of Dartmoor's most difficult boulder fields on its east side.