Surrounded by the open moorland and forest of Dartmoor National Park, YHA Dartmoor is a rural retreat with good access to off-road routes for walking and mountain biking. Dartmoor ponies can be spotted in the local area as they venture in to graze. Watersports such as white water canoeing can be enjoyed on the River Dart, which is a 5-minute walk from the hostel. Dartmoor National Park offers a host of activities including mountain biking, family cycling routes and rock climbing. A games room, licensed restaurant and a garden are available for guests to use. Laundry facilities, cycle storage and a classroom/educational meeting room are also on offer. Free private parking is also available on site.
in the county of Devon
(1.1 miles, 1.7 km)Postbridge is a tiny hamlet, yet this richly wooded area, at the heart of the moor has become a natural starting point for the thousands of visitors who annually come to explore the splendour and wonders of the moor...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon
(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)A popular tourist and beauty spot on Dartmoor. It is the meeting point of the two major tributaries of the River Dart: the East Dart and West Dart...
in the county of Devon
(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction SW)Two Bridges is the junction of the two major routes across central Dartmoor, and thus attracts a lot of visitors in the summer...
in the county of Devon
(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction SW)Princetown is the highest village within the Dartmoor National Park, some call it the bleakest centre of the moors which is probably largely due to the town being the home of notorious Dartmoor Prison...
in the county of Devon
(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction SE)This is one of Devon's "dream villages" with an attractive small church dating from the 13th century and a cluster of picturesque thickly thatched country cottages with the most "English" of country gardens...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon
(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction NE)With haunting scenery, quaint cottages, pretty streets and alleyways Chagford has something for everyone...
in the county of Devon
(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)The small wooded village of Gidleigh stands in superb wooded countryside at the heart of the Dartmoor National Park...
An exploration of the hauntingly beautiful Dartmoor National Park cannot be under-taken in just one short visit. To truly explore.....
Dartmoor often makes its visitors uneasy with haunting tales of terror as immortalised in the stories of Conan Doyle, and this.....
This unique double ringed circle is less dramatic than most and is interesting for the fact that the circles lie side by side.....
Fernworthy Stone Circles are set against the majestic backdrop of some of Dartmoor's highest peaks, in a beautiful forest spot.....
As English legends go, that of Jay's Grave is a very sad and lonely one. The ancient Dartmoor legend of Jay's Grave is about a.....
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