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Short Walks Dartmoor South

A collection of 15 short walks exploring the southern half of Dartmoor, including Ivybridge and Princetown. Each walk comes with easy-to-read 1:25K Ordnance Survey maps, clear route description and lots of images, plus information on places of interest and refreshment stops.

Dartmoor National Park is a wild, and at times isolated, upland area. A land of bogs and grass moors crowned with fascinating tors, and home to a diverse range of wildlife. Our ancestors have left a wealth of history from intriguing stone rows to villages and hamlets that are home to interesting old churches and cosy pubs.

Yes, the weather can be inclement at times, low cloud and mist can obscure the views and the high rainfall leads to numerous bogs and mires, but this climate also brings with it fascinating woodlands clothed in moss and lichen like some enchanted land.

Publisher: Cicerone Press Ltd

ISBN: 9781786311924

Publication Date: October 2024

The guidebook is available from local bookshops, direct from the publisher cicerone.co.uk, or from online sellers, including Bookshop.org.
Short Walks Dartmoor South cover
Some of the highlights that these walks offer include the craggy tors of Great Mis Tor, Cox Tor and Great Staple Tor; the fascinating ancient relics at Merrivale and Drizzlecombe; the rare temperate rainforest of Wistman’s Wood; the Ten Commandments Stone on Buckland Beacon; views of the infamous Foxtor Mires; medieval wayside crosses; abandoned quarries of Foggintor and Swelltor; and picturesque villages such as Meavy and Holne.
Great Staple Tor (Walk 2)Old wheelwright's stone (Walk 2)Merrivale (Walk 3)Sheep on the line - following the former railway from Princetown (Walk 4)Nun's Cross farmhouse (Walk 5)Parliament Rock, Crockern Tor (Walk 6)Burrator Reservoir (Walk 8)Drizzlecombe (Walk 9)River Erme near Ivybridge (Walk 10)Hangershell Rock (Walk 11)Sharp Tor (Walk 13)Ten Commandments Stone Buckland Beacon (Walk 15)
THE WALKS
Walk 1 Double Waters
Walk 2 Great Staple Tor and Windy Post Cross
Walk 3 Four Winds
Walk 4 Princetown and King’s Tor
Walk 5 Princetown and Nun’s Cross
Walk 6 Crockern Tor and Wistman’s Wood
Walk 7 Devonport Leat and Crazy Well Pool
Walk 8 Meavy and Sheepstor
Walk 9 Ditsworthy and Drizzlecombe
Walk 10 Ivybridge and Henlake Down
Walk 11 Butterdon Hill and Western Beacon
Walk 12 South Brent and Shipley Bridge
Walk 13 Dartmeet tors
Walk 14 Holne and Leigh Tor
Walk 15 Ten Commandments Stone
Short Walks Dartmoor South walk location map