DARTMOOR

Two good reasons to visit Dartmoor:

It’s hard to find your way around Dartmoor once you get more than a few hundred yards from a road.

There’s so much more to see than just the tors – if you can just make your way there

Dartmoor is great walking country – it’s one of the few places in this crowded island where you are allowed to walk almost anywhere.  But it has few clearly marked footpaths and many little tracks which often disappear or end up in one of the infamous bogs.  Without excellent mapreading and navigation skills or lots of time to research and explore the area, it is hard to get away from the obvious visitor attractions and experience the quiet magic that Dartmoor has to offer. 

Dartmoor offers much more varied scenery than many people realise.  As well as the famous open moors and tors, there are ancient woodlands, waterfalls, riverside wildflower meadows, overgrown remains of Bronze Age, medieval and mining settlements, stone circles and countless other hidden beauty spots.  Many of these are known only to seasoned walkers and locals, and even good mapreading skills won’t tell you where the best views, resting spots, or wildflowers are.