Dartmoor Walking / Hiking Holidays
Dartmoor, an unspoilt wilderness in the heart of Devon, its 365sq miles (953 km2) is protected as a National Park. Its wild open heather and backen covered moorland is interspersed with deep wooded river valleys, topped by granite tors. Lower reaches provide a living in sheep and cattle farming and has, for thousands of years. Tin mining has gone on here since medieval times, while archaeological remains of stone circles date back some 5000 years.
Some Popular Places:
Chagford, Colebrooke, Ivybridge, Scoriton, Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
When to Walk
We advise walking on Dartmoor between March and November as the route across Dartmoor may be hazardous in bad weather with poor visibility.
