Dartmoor Free Days Out

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   The Devon Guild of Craftsmen

   Type

   Craft Centre

   Bovey Tracey

   The largest contemporary craft centre in the South West - a Grade II Listed building, with shop, exhibition gallery and gallery cafe.

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   Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust

   Type

   Animal Collection

   The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust is a registered charity created to work with the pony keepers on Dartmoor to preserve the traditional type of native Dartmoor Pony, which is now on the Native Breeds at Risk Register.

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   Dartmoor Preservation Association

   Type

   National Park

   Tavistock Road, Princetown

   For over a hundred years the Dartmoor Preservation Association has been protecting Dartmoor. We campaign for the environment. We buy threatened land. We have a programme of free walks and social events. We have a London supporters group.

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   House of Marbles

   Type

   Craft Centre

   Bovey Tracey

   Working glass and games factory; magnificent marble runs. Come and watch "Snooki" in action, biggest marble run in Britain.

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   Brent Tor

   Type

   Church/Chapel

   Tavistock

   Brent Tor is one of the most impressive rock outcrops on Dartmoor. It is unusual as it is one of the few tors on Dartmoor not to be made of granite. With St Michael’s Church at its top, it makes a distinctive and famous silhouette.

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   Burrator Quarries

   Type

   Lake/Reservoir

   Yelverton

   Burrator reservoir is situated within Dartmoor, and the tranquil water and surrounding mixed woodland contrasts sharply with the open moor and the rugged Dartmoor tors.

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   Meldon Reservoir

   Type

   Lake/Reservoir

   Okehampton

   Surrounded by open moorland, Meldon is a breathtaking reservoir lake 900 feet above sea level teeming with native wildlife; befriend one of the fishermen sat on the steep banks and you may glimpse a brown trout!

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   Wistmans Wood

   Type

   Country Park/Nature Reserve

   Princetown

   This site takes it's name from a small oak wood. This amazing woodland is important for the mosses and lichens that festoon the trees and the impressive granite boulders found on the site.

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   Meldon Viaduct

   Type

   Industrial Archaeology

   Okehampton

   This viaduct was built in 1874 and spans 165 metres over the remains of mineral mines. The views from the viaduct span across to Meldon Dam and reservoir to the south west. The views of this dam almost 50 metres high are as impressive as the original

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    Black a Tor Copse

    Type

    Country Park/Nature Reserve

    Okehampton

    Black-a-Tor Copse is one of the best examples of high altitude oak woodland in Britain. The lichens and mosses that drape the trees are nationally important- and grow here in this unique clean air woodland.

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    The Granite Way

    Type

    Waymarked Trail

    Okehampton and Lydford

    The Granite Way is an 11 mile cycle and walkway running along a former railway line between Okehampton and Lydford along the north western edge of Dartmoor.A journey along the Granite Way offers good views of the granite landscape of Dartmoor.

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    High Moorland Visitor Centre

    Type

    National Park

    Princetown

    Dartmoor's major visitor and interpretation centre in the heart of the moor. Exciting displays for all the family about Dartmoor's natural and cultural heritage.