About Dartmoor
Covering 368 square miles of great natural beauty the scenery in the park ranges from deep wooded valleys and patchwork fields, to the rugged splendour of the tors and open moors rising to over 2,000 ft above sea level.
The wildlife is remarkable, with wild ponies, badgers, foxes, buzzards, lark, plover, curlew, snipe and heron; sheep and cattle also roam free.
This is wonderful country for walking, fly fishing, riding, shooting and golf, an ideal base for exploring and enjoying the rich heritage and countryside of Devon and Cornwall.
So many things to see and do
Walks
John Risdon's Guided walks -see walking page
Liz Niall Guided walks - see walking page
Mapped walks directly out from the hotel
Guided walks on the Moors by National Park Rangers
Lydford Gorge, Okehampton
Fishing
Fly fishing on the River Dart - see fishing page
Tuition and gillie services available
Riding
Shilstone Rocks, Widecombe in the Moor. www.dartmoorstables.com 01364 621281
Golf
Tavistock Golf Club, Tavistock 18 hole. www.tavistockgolfclub.org.uk 01822 612049
Hurdwich Golf Course & Club, Nr Tavistock 18 hole. www.hurdwick.co.uk 01822 612746
Wolleigh Golf Club & Driving Range, Bovey Tracey 9 hole. www.wolleighgc.co.uk 01626 836464
Hele Park Golf Centre, Newton Abbot 9 hole. www.heleparkgolf.co.uk 01626 336060
Bovey Castle, Nr Moretonhampstead 18 hole. www.boveycastle.com/golf 01647 445016
Clay Pigeon Shooting
Newnham Park Shooting Ground, Plympton. www.newnham.co.uk 01752 348066
Ashcombe Adventure, Nr Dawlish. www.ashcombeadventure.co.uk 01626 866766
Gardens
The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum
The Eden Project, St Austell
Rosemoor, Great Torrington
Lost Gardens of Heligan, St. Austell
Pencarrow, Bodmin
Coleton Fishacre, Kingswear
National Trust Properties and Other Houses
Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton
Buckland Abbey, Buckland
Saltram House, Plymouth
Cotehele, St. Dominic
Antony, Torpoint
Mount Edgecumbe, Cremyll, Torpoint
General Interest
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast
Dartington Crystal Visitor Centre, Gt. Torrington
Devon Guild of Craftsmen Craft Centre, Bovey Tracey
Mythic Garden & Sculpture Exhibition, Chagford
National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
Yelverton Paperweight Centre, Yelverton
Various Steam Railways and River Trips
Morwellham Quay
Dartington Hall & Dartington Cider Press Centre, Dartington