Our Dartmoor Directory

The Great Grub

Totnes

A warm welcome awaits you at The Great Grubb bed and breakfast!

Stover Canal

Teigngrace

A canal built by James Templer, linking the Haytor Granite Tramway to the tidal River Teign at Teignmouth. Granite quarried at Haytor and Holwell travelled this route, including stone for the new London Bridge completed in 1831.

Walking the Dartmoor Railroads

by Eric Hemery

Eric Hemery's guide to the vanished tramroads and railways that once crossed Dartmoor's high moor and border country.

Okehampton Through Time

by Paul Rendell

Paul Rendell's 2011 photographic history of Okehampton, the Dartmoor gateway town, comparing archive images with the present day.

Lydford Gorge Railway Path, Lydford Gorge

North Brentor

Lydford Gorge Railway Path, Lydford Gorge is a short walking route of about 1.1 km on and around Dartmoor.

Bala Brook

Didworthy

A southern moor brook running down off the high ground near the Avon, past old tramway and mining remains, to join the River Avon in the wooded country above South Brent.

River Plym

Shaugh Prior

The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. It runs from Dartmoor in the centre of the county southwest to meet the River Meavy, then south towards Plymouth Sound. The river is popular with canoeists, and the Plym Valley Railway runs

Granite Way Cycles

Okehampton

Cycle hire shop and café at the start of the Granite Way, offering Giant bikes, e-bikes, and family options with a dog-friendly café serving local food.

Swan's Nest

Tavistock

Market leader in bespoke hand made lampshades, made on site in Tavistock Pannier Market, Tavistock, Devon.U.K