Dartmoor Places
A growing set of pages about the villages and towns of Dartmoor.
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Ashburton
Ashburton is a stannary town on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor, once rich on tin and wool
Avonwick
Avonwick is a village on the River Avon in North Huish parish, South Hams, Devon. It was not called Avonwick until 1870; before that it was
Bellever
Bellever is a hamlet on the East Dart, surrounded by forest and prehistoric remains
Belstone
Belstone is a beautiful village on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, UK
Bere Alston
Bere Alston is a village in West Devon on the Bere Peninsula, the neck of land between the rivers Tamar and Tavy. It forms part of the civil
Bickington
Bickington is a village and civil parish in Teignbridge, Devon, on the River Lemon. The parish council places Ashburton three miles to the s
Bittaford
Bittaford is a village in Ugborough civil parish, South Hams, Devon, about a mile from Ugborough village. The parish website puts it on the
Bonehill
Bonehill is a hamlet above Widecombe, beneath the granite of Bonehill Rocks
Bovey Tracey
Bovey Tracey is a small town on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, known as the gateway to the moor
Bridestowe
Bridestowe is a village on the north-western edge of Dartmoor, near Lydford and the Granite Way
Bridford
Bridford is a village in the Teign valley on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, in Devon. It borders Dunsford, Doddiscombsleigh, Christow and Mor
Buckfast
Buckfast is home to Buckfast Abbey, a working monastery rebuilt by its monks with their own hands
Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh is a former wool town on the southern edge of Dartmoor, next to Buckfast Abbey
Buckland in the Moor
Buckland in the Moor is a thatched hamlet famous for its church clock lettered MY DEAR MOTHER
Buckland Monachorum
Buckland Monachorum is a village and civil parish in West Devon, between open moorland and the River Tavy, about 4 miles from Tavistock and
Calstock
Calstock is a village and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, on the River Tamar, which here forms the border with Devon. It is about 6 mil
Chagford
Chagford is an ancient stannary town on the northern edge of Dartmoor, above the River Teign
Challacombe
Challacombe is a remote farmstead below Challacombe Down, beside medieval strip fields and Grimspound
Cheriton Bishop
Cheriton Bishop is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, about 10 miles west of Exeter and 6 miles south west of Crediton, on the norther
Chudleigh
Chudleigh is a town in Teignbridge, Devon, in the Teign valley between Newton Abbot and Exeter. It is close to the edge of Dartmoor but outs
Cornwood
Cornwood is a village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, a gateway to the Erme valley and the southern moor
Crapstone
Crapstone is a village on the western edge of Dartmoor, in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum, West Devon. It is about 1 mile from Yelv
Crediton
Crediton is a market town in Mid Devon, in the valley of the River Creedy, 7 miles north-west of Exeter. It is outside Dartmoor National Par
Crockernwell
Crockernwell is a small village in Devon, 2 miles west of Cheriton Bishop and 12 miles west of Exeter, on the road between Exeter and Okeham
Dartington
Dartington is a parish in the South Hams of Devon, near Totnes, outside Dartmoor National Park. Wikipedia calls it a village and gives 876 r
Dartmeet
Dartmeet is where the East and West Dart rivers join, one of the best loved spots on the moor
Dean Prior
Dean Prior is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, beside the A38 between Buckfastleigh and South Brent. The post
Dousland
Dousland is a village inside Dartmoor National Park, on the western side of the moor, close to Yelverton and about 6 miles north-east of Ply
Drewsteignton
Drewsteignton sits above the Teign Gorge, close to Castle Drogo and Fingle Bridge
Dunsford
Dunsford is a thatched village in the Teign valley, famous for its wild daffodils in spring
Gidleigh
Gidleigh is a remote parish on the north-eastern moor with a castle ruin and Scorhill stone circle nearby
Gunnislake
Gunnislake is a village in east Cornwall, on the western side of the Tamar valley and across the river from Devon, about 10 miles north of P
Harford
Harford is a hamlet and parish on the southern edge of Dartmoor, two miles north of Ivybridge.
Hatherleigh
Hatherleigh is a small market town on the River Lew in West Devon, about 6 miles from Okehampton and north-west of Dartmoor, outside the Nat
Haytor Vale
Haytor Vale is a village built for the granite quarrymen, in the lee of Dartmoor's most famous tor
Hennock
Hennock is a village and civil parish in Teignbridge, Devon, about 3 miles west-north-west of Chudleigh and overlooking the Teign valley on
Hexworthy
Hexworthy is a scattered hamlet on the central moor near Dartmeet, with the Forest Inn at its heart
Holne
Holne is a village above the Dart valley, birthplace of the writer Charles Kingsley
Horrabridge
Horrabridge is a village on the River Walkham on the south-western edge of Dartmoor
Huccaby
Huccaby is a hamlet in Dartmoor Forest civil parish, Devon, on the north bank of the West Dart River opposite Hexworthy. The farmstead dates
Ilsington
Ilsington is a village on the south-eastern moor between Haytor and the Bovey valley
Ivybridge
Ivybridge is a town on the southern edge of Dartmoor and the southern end of the Two Moors Way
Kingsteignton
Kingsteignton is a town in Teignbridge, south Devon, at the head of the Teign estuary next to Newton Abbot. It is outside Dartmoor National
Lamerton
Lamerton is a village and parish in West Devon, 3 miles north-west of Tavistock. The parish council places it between the Tamar Valley to th
Launceston
Launceston is a market town in east Cornwall, about a mile west of the River Tamar, which forms the border with Devon. It lies outside Dartm
Lee Moor
Lee Moor is a china clay village in the parish of Shaugh Prior, on the south-western edge of Dartmoor. It lies inside the parish but outside
Lettaford
Lettaford is a tiny medieval hamlet near North Bovey, preserving some of Dartmoor's finest longhouses
Leusdon
Leusdon is a hamlet on the eastern side of Dartmoor in Devon, about one kilometre north of Poundsgate and six miles north-north-west of Ashb
Lifton
Lifton is a village and civil parish in West Devon, close to the Cornwall border, near where the rivers Wolf and Lyd meet. Launceston is 4 m
Liverton
Liverton is a village in Ilsington civil parish, Teignbridge, Devon, on the eastern side of Dartmoor. The parish also takes in Ilsington, Ha
Lustleigh
Lustleigh is a thatched village on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, famous for its May Day and its cleave
Lydford
Lydford is a Saxon burh on the western edge of Dartmoor, with a castle, a gorge and a fearsome legal reputation
Manaton
Manaton is a village on the eastern moor near Bowerman's Nose, Hound Tor and Becka Falls
Mary Tavy
Mary Tavy is a former mining village on the western moor, close to the Wheal Betsy engine house
Meavy
Meavy is a village on the south-western moor, famous for the ancient Meavy Oak on its green
Merrivale
Merrivale is a hamlet on the western moor beside one of Dartmoor's finest prehistoric sites
Michelcombe
Michelcombe is a hamlet below Holne Moor, at the foot of an old track onto the southern moor
Milton Combe
Milton Combe is a village in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum, west Devon, about two miles from Yelverton and eight from Plymouth. Ho
Moretonhampstead
Moretonhampstead is a market town on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, long called the gateway to the moor
Murchington
Murchington is a hamlet in Throwleigh parish, Devon, just north of the Chagford boundary and about 1.5 miles from Chagford. A travel site pl
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town in Teignbridge, Devon, with 26,746 people at the 2021 census. It grew from two medieval settlements. Newton Ab
North Bovey
North Bovey is an unspoilt thatched village around a green on the eastern edge of Dartmoor
North Brentor
North Brentor is a village below Brent Tor, whose church on a volcanic plug is a Dartmoor landmark
North Tawton
North Tawton is a small market town on the River Taw in West Devon, about 7 miles from Okehampton and about 6 miles from the northern edge o
Okehampton
Okehampton is a town on the northern edge of Dartmoor. The first written record is from 980 as Ocmundtune, and the Domesday Book of 1086 has
Peter Tavy
Peter Tavy is a quiet village on the western edge of Dartmoor, the gateway to Tavy Cleave
Plympton
Plympton is a suburb on the east side of Plymouth, Devon, made up of two old parishes, Plympton St Maurice and Plympton St Mary. It stands o
Ponsworthy
Ponsworthy is a tiny hamlet in the valley of the West Webburn, with a ford through its centre
Postbridge
Postbridge is home to Dartmoor's finest clapper bridge, a medieval granite crossing of the East Dart
Poundsgate
Poundsgate is a village above the Dart valley, home to the Tavistock Inn and a famous Devil legend
Princetown
Princetown is the highest settlement on Dartmoor, home to Dartmoor Prison and the moor's main visitor centre
Rattery
Rattery is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, a few miles from Buckfastleigh and Ashburton and about 4 miles we
Roborough
Roborough is a village in the South Hams district of Devon, just outside the northern edge of Plymouth on the A386 road to Tavistock. Roboro
Sampford Spiney
Sampford Spiney is a small village in the Walkham valley on the western side of Dartmoor, about 4 miles south-east of Tavistock in West Devo
Sandy Park
Sandy Park is a hamlet in Drewsteignton parish, Devon, at the crossroads where the A382 crosses the old road between Chagford and Drewsteign
Scorriton
Scorriton is a small village on the southern moor above the Dart, below Scorriton Down
Shaugh Prior
Shaugh Prior is a village above the Plym, close to the Dewerstone and its Wild Hunt legend
Sheepstor
Sheepstor is a hamlet beneath its tor beside Burrator Reservoir, burial place of the Rajahs of Sarawak
Sourton
Sourton is a village below the north-western moor, known for the Highwayman Inn and Sourton Tors
South Brent
South Brent is a village on the southern edge of Dartmoor beneath Brent Hill, on the River Avon
South Tawton
South Tawton is an old village below Cosdon Hill, with one of Devon's finest church houses
South Zeal
South Zeal is a medieval planned village beneath Cosdon Hill, home to the Oxenham Arms
Sparkwell
Sparkwell is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, between Plymouth and Dartmoor. Ivybridge is the nearest town, a
Spreyton
Spreyton is a village and parish in West Devon, just north of Dartmoor, with views across to Yes Tor and High Willhays. The post town is Cre
Staverton
Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, on the River Dart on the road to Dartington and Totnes. It lies outside
Sticklepath
Sticklepath is a picturesque village on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park
Tavistock
Tavistock is one of Devon's most historic and attractive market towns
Throwleigh
Throwleigh is a small granite village on the northern edge of Dartmoor beneath Cosdon Hill
Totnes
Totnes is a market town in the South Hams district of Devon, at the head of the tidal River Dart, about 20 miles north-east of Plymouth. It
Trusham
Trusham is a small village and civil parish in the Teign valley, Teignbridge, Devon, between Newton Abbot and Exeter. It is outside the Dart
Two Bridges
Two Bridges is a hamlet at the centre of Dartmoor where the moor's main roads cross the West Dart
Walkhampton
Walkhampton is a village on the south-western moor near Burrator, with a prominent hilltop church
Whiddon Down
Whiddon Down is a hamlet in the parish of Drewsteignton, West Devon, on the A30 between Exeter and Okehampton at the crossing with the south
Whitchurch
Whitchurch is a village and parish on the south-eastern edge of Tavistock in West Devon, about 1.5 miles from Tavistock station. Whitchurch
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Widecombe-in-the-Moor is home to the Cathedral of the Moor and the famous Widecombe Fair
Wotter
Wotter is a village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor in Devon, in the civil parish of Shaugh Prior, with a Plymouth post town and PL7 p
Yelverton
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum, West Devon. The 2021 census
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