Recreation and activities on and around the moor
Outdoor coaching and guiding offering wild swimming walks, navigation courses and cold water swimming instruction across Dartmoor and Southwest Devon.
Chagford
River-fed open-air swimming pool on Dartmoor, run entirely by local volunteers since 1969.
Mary Tavy, Tavistock
Ride straight onto Dartmoor from Cholwell Riding Stables
Discover Cineworld Plymouth: films, showtimes, offers, and immersive IMAX and 4DX experiences. Book your tickets now.
Rock climbing courses and guided adventures on Dartmoor led by a qualified Rock Climbing Development Instructor and Mountain Leader.
Crownhill, Plympton
A striking Victorian fortress crowning the high moor, built to defend against an invasion that never came.
An absolutely splendid resource - highlighting pretty much everything of interest on the ground on Dartmoor. Click on the interactive map and find out what's worth looking for on your next journey.
Chagford
Bushcraft and survival courses in Gidleigh Woods near Okehampton, teaching practical outdoor skills from experienced, DBS-checked instructors.
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…
