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Exeter Cathedral

Exeter

a Historic City in the county of Devon

Greenstead Church, said to be the world's oldest wooden building, in Greenstead, England

Greenstead

in the county of Essex

Recommended towns & villages near Dartmoor National Park

Clapper Bridge

Postbridge

(1.0 miles, 1.5 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...

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Dartmeet in Autumn

Dartmeet

(2.9 miles, 4.6 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...

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Two Bridges, Devon

Two Bridges

(3.0 miles, 4.8 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...

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Princetown

Princetown

(4.3 miles, 7.0 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...

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Church of St Peter, Buckland in the Moor, Devon

Buckland in the Moor

(5.0 miles, 8.1 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...

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North Bovey Church

North Bovey

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NE)

North Bovey is a picturesque village in Dartmoor. It boasts a shaded village green, 18th century thatched cottages, a thatched pub dating from the 13th century, and a wonderful.....

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Chagford

Chagford

(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction NE)

With haunting scenery, quaint cottages, pretty streets and alleyways Chagford has something for everyone...

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Gidleigh Church, on the edge of Dartmoor

Gidleigh

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction N)

The small wooded village of Gidleigh stands in superb wooded countryside at the heart of the Dartmoor National Park...

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Cleave Inn, Lustleigh, Devon

Lustleigh

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction E)

Rather special, in a favoured position close to the clear waters of the River Bovey, is the lovely old village of Lustleigh...

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The Anglers Rest Pub, at Fingle Bridge, Drewsteignton, Devon.

Drewsteignton

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction NE)

This attractive village is one of the most beautifully laid out of all Devon villages with pretty cottages set around a fine village square...

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Dartmeet, on Dartmoor

Dartmeet

(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction S)

One of Dartmoor's most popular beauty spots, where the the East and West Dart Rivers meet...

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Grey Wethers Stone Circle, near Okehampton, Devon

Grey Wethers Stone Circle

(3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction N)

This unique double ringed circle is less dramatic than most and is interesting for the fact that the circles lie side by side.....

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One of the huts at the Bronze-Age village of Grimspound, on Dartmoor

Grimspound

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction NE)

Dartmoor often makes its visitors uneasy with haunting tales of terror as immortalised in the stories of Conan Doyle, and this.....

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Fernworthy Stone Circle, near Chagford, Devon

Fernworthy Stone Circle

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

Fernworthy Stone Circles are set against the majestic backdrop of some of Dartmoor's highest peaks, in a beautiful forest spot.....

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Kitty Jay's Grave, near Widecombe on the moor, Devon

Jay's Grave

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction E)

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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Road in Dartmoor, Hound Tor, Dartmoor, County Devon, England

Hound Tor Medieval Village

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction E)

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Merrivale rows also know has the Plague Market, - On Dartmoor

Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction W)

Set in a dark, brooding corner of Dartmoor, the Merrivale Rows show a vast variety of shape and formation. The site is also.....

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The River Dart Country Park

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SE)

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Becky Falls, Bovey Tracey, Dartmoor

Becky Falls

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

Becky Falls is a romantic beauty spot hidden in the countryside close to the old town of Bovey Tracey. The spot is noted for its.....

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Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey

(8.4 miles, 13.4 km, direction SE)

One of the most amazing things about this fine abbey is that it was built almost entirely by amateur builders. The Benedictine.....

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