England's youngest castle, designed by Lutyens and built of Dartmoor granite with all the mod-cons of the 1920's. At 300 metres high, it catches the wildest of Dartmoor's weather. Try a spot of croquet on the croquet lawn or amble through the garden and miles of walks in the Teign Gorge.
Twenty-seven granite slabs form this ancient Bronze Age stone circle, which occupies a clearing about half a mile west of Fernworthy reservoir. Nearby are three stone rows and a couple of stone cairns.
Famous for its collections of birch and alder trees, Stone Lane Gardens is a five-acre arboretum in Dartmoor National Park. A mixture of shady woodland with streams and bogs where giant-leafed gunnera towers at 7ft, and grassy open slopes. The birch are a blaze of orange and yellow leaves in autumn. In winter, they reveal their smooth peeling bark in a range of soft pinks to earthy chocolate browns.
Set in a peaceful wooded valley on Dartmoor, The Heathercombe estate comprises 30 acres of woodland with an arboretum, streams and ponds, plus a cottage garden, orchard and wild flower meadow. There are over 1000 well-labelled specimen shrubs and trees here. The 100 varieties of rhodendron lend a splash of colour, and with one and a half miles of woodland walks and paths there's ample room to stretch your legs.
Loads to do here, with lots of animals to see and touch, including some unusual creatures such as twin Gambian rats the size of cats and woolly 'sheep-pigs'!
This unique pool is river fed and warmed by solar covers. The pool is closed during the mornings and then open in the afternoon after the sun has been at work warming the water. Young children can enjoy the paddling pool and there's a tea shed serving refreshments. Enjoy a dip from May to September.
In a beautiful setting in the Dartmoor countyside, this is the last remaining water-powered forge in England. Hourly live demonstrations are always fun at this working water-powered forge.
This is home to the remains of 24 round houses thought to date back to the Bronze Age, some sited on their own and others grouped together. These all lie within a perimeter stone wall and the entire site can be fabulously viewed from Hookney Point.
Said to have been the inspiration for Conan Doyle's 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The Hound Tor area of Dartmoor is famed for its ghosts. The excavated remains of a medieval Devon village clearly showing the layout of four longhouses and barns shelters on the northern slopes of the tor, commanding superb views across Dartmoor.
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13 June 2025
England's youngest castle, designed by Lutyens and built of Dartmoor granite with all the mod-cons of the 1920's. At 300 metres high, it catches the wildest of Dartmoor's weather. Try a spot of croquet on the croquet lawn or amble through the garden and miles of walks in the Teign Gorge.
11 November 2009
Twenty-seven granite slabs form this ancient Bronze Age stone circle, which occupies a clearing about half a mile west of Fernworthy reservoir. Nearby are three stone rows and a couple of stone cairns.
25 February 2009
Famous for its collections of birch and alder trees, Stone Lane Gardens is a five-acre arboretum in Dartmoor National Park. A mixture of shady woodland with streams and bogs where giant-leafed gunnera towers at 7ft, and grassy open slopes. The birch are a blaze of orange and yellow leaves in autumn. In winter, they reveal their smooth peeling bark in a range of soft pinks to earthy chocolate browns.
25 February 2009
Set in a peaceful wooded valley on Dartmoor, The Heathercombe estate comprises 30 acres of woodland with an arboretum, streams and ponds, plus a cottage garden, orchard and wild flower meadow. There are over 1000 well-labelled specimen shrubs and trees here. The 100 varieties of rhodendron lend a splash of colour, and with one and a half miles of woodland walks and paths there's ample room to stretch your legs.
18 July 2008
Loads to do here, with lots of animals to see and touch, including some unusual creatures such as twin Gambian rats the size of cats and woolly 'sheep-pigs'!
This unique pool is river fed and warmed by solar covers. The pool is closed during the mornings and then open in the afternoon after the sun has been at work warming the water. Young children can enjoy the paddling pool and there's a tea shed serving refreshments. Enjoy a dip from May to September.
Dartmoor Hawking School of Falconry.
In a beautiful setting in the Dartmoor countyside, this is the last remaining water-powered forge in England. Hourly live demonstrations are always fun at this working water-powered forge.
This is home to the remains of 24 round houses thought to date back to the Bronze Age, some sited on their own and others grouped together. These all lie within a perimeter stone wall and the entire site can be fabulously viewed from Hookney Point.
Said to have been the inspiration for Conan Doyle's 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The Hound Tor area of Dartmoor is famed for its ghosts. The excavated remains of a medieval Devon village clearly showing the layout of four longhouses and barns shelters on the northern slopes of the tor, commanding superb views across Dartmoor.