Our Dartmoor Directory

Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor: Grove of the Druids.

Wistman's Wood

A moss-covered grove with a mystical atmosphere, reminiscent of ancient druidic lore.

Devon Local Nature Partnership

A strategic collaboration of organisations, groups and individuals working together to restore and enhance the natural environment across Devon.

Black-a-tor Copse

A high-altitude oak woodland beneath Black Tor, with lichens and mosses carpeting the ground.

White Woods

Holne

Ancient oak woodland on the south side of the River Dart gorge below Bench Tor, part of the Devon Wildlife Trust's Dart Valley reserve, reached via Venford Reservoir.

Tom R Williams

No AI. Ecologist, filmmaker, sound recordist. Dartmoor dweller. Happiest in the woods and wild places.

The Wisht Hounds of Wistman's Wood

Spectral hounds said to hunt across Dartmoor on winter nights, particularly near Wistman's Wood on the West Dart River.

Longaford Tor

A pyramid-shaped tor north of Two Bridges, with striking views back along the ridge.

Black Tor, Okehampton

A three-outcrop granite tor of 502 m above Black-a-Tor Copse and the West Okement river, the highest of Dartmoor's four Black Tors.

Moor Trees

South Brent

Moor Trees restores native broadleaf woodland on Dartmoor by growing trees from locally collected seeds and engaging volunteers in habitat creation.