Dartmoor

Dartmoor is a region of Devon best known for Dartmoor National Park. The broader Dartmoor region in and around the park includes several towns and villages.

Towns

 * — the largest town in the park.
 * — to the east of Dartmoor. Prehistoric remains visible all round the roads.
 * — a small market town with Buckfast Abbey.
 * — a market town on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor.
 * — to the north of Dartmoor by the A30.
 * — to the west of Dartmoor with the Tamar Valley AONB on to its south and west.

Villages

 * — a wooded area with an unusual church clock in the village, which has 'My dear mother' in place of the numbers 1-12. Ten commandments are to be found in stone on nearby Buckland Beacon (very eroded).
 * — a village deep in the moor.
 * — a southern Dartmoor village.
 * — on the north-east of the moor with a great old pub, the Drewe Arms.
 * — a tiny village with a picturesque bridge and church near Cornwood.
 * — near some very striking tors.
 * — a village (which was a town) north of Tavistock with a spectacular limestone gorge and a castle that was once used as the stannary prison.
 * — a pleasant moorland village north of Tavistock that generally gets less crowded than many areas but the walks are as good.
 * — village green and ancient oak tree.
 * — as Mary Tavy above.
 * — a village on the high moor that grew next to the prison whose land was gifted by the Prince of Wales.
 * — village with granite church and old china clay pits all around.
 * — the tor is very shapely and immediately above the village, which has the tomb of James Brooke, white rajah of Sarawak.
 * — though best known for its song, it's worth seeing for its large church (sometimes known as 'the cathedral of the moor.' Good pubs.
 * — though best known for its song, it's worth seeing for its large church (sometimes known as 'the cathedral of the moor.' Good pubs.

Go next

 * Exeter to the east
 * North Devon
 * The English Riviera and South Devon