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Overview
Dartmoor’s granite was forged 280 million years ago. On this audio driving tour, you’ll trace 10,000 years of human history across one of Britain’s most extraordinary landscapes, from Bronze Age settlements to Napoleonic prison walls. The tour starts at the Haytor Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, where you can climb one of Dartmoor’s most iconic granite tors before setting off. You’ll wind south through the villages of Widecombe in the Moor and Ponsworthy, their very names encoding the Old English and Latin of early settlers. From Merrivale’s Bronze Age hut circles and stone rows, to the ancient oak woodland of Wistman’s Wood and the twin granite rings of Grey Wethers, you’ll encounter a landscape that was once densely settled and then gradually abandoned as the climate turned colder. The last stop before heading back up to Haytor is at the House of Marbles in Bovey Tracey, a working glass and marble studio housed in the original Victorian pottery buildings.
Meeting and Pickup
This tour starts at Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Haytor. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Language Offered
English-AUDIO
English-WRITTEN
Itinerary
1. Haytor Rocks
2. Buckfast Abbey
3. Pull up beside this quiet Victorian reservoir, completed in 1907 to supply the growing town of Paignton, its dark water fringed by conifer plantations and open moorland. Walk the easy trail around its perimeter and listen for the calls of moorland birds echoing across a landscape shaped as much by Victorian engineering as by ancient geology.
4. Combestone Tor
5. Dartmoor Prison Museum
6. Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement
7. Wistman's Wood
8. Postbridge Clapper Bridge
9. Bennett's Cross
10. House of Marbles
Inclusion
Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
App for Android and iOS
Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
Exclusion
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
- 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews
3.0
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
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