The bf and I are heading off to Dartmoor just before Easter for a week (staying near Chagford). I was wondering if any of you live nearby or have visited before and, if so, what you would recommend, aside from lots of walking! So far, we might visit Tintagel and/or the Eden Project.
We're going self-catering, so would also appreciate being pointed in the direction of a good farmer's market or farm shops etc. (And yes, I will get a guide book out of the library and research it myself, but personal recommendations are always the best...)
Things to do in Dartmoor
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we live about 40 mins away.. Dartmoor has some great places to visit. but a lot of it is walking yes!
try grimspound- which is an old bronze age settlement, (hut circles etc)
merrivale standing stones, etc
theres nice walks and waterfalls at Lydford gorge
you could go to Widecombe, pat the ponies and have a cream tea. bit grockly there though. - but a cream tea is probably mandatory.
theres nice walking around chagford too, a small moorland town.. pretty rural around there,
Totnesis a bit of a hippy town, (the first transition town) with a good market on Friday and Saturday for 'alternative clothing' second hand stuff, veg etc, and veggie restaurants etc.. and riverford goes to town.. the shop part of the riverford box organic box people. Totnes has a little norman castle too.
if you want to go the the coast.. Burgh islandis good.. an island at high tide, you can walk over the sand at low.. Dartmouth is pretty.. yachts in the river, lil castle an all that.
erm... and lots more..
try grimspound- which is an old bronze age settlement, (hut circles etc)
merrivale standing stones, etc
theres nice walks and waterfalls at Lydford gorge
you could go to Widecombe, pat the ponies and have a cream tea. bit grockly there though. - but a cream tea is probably mandatory.
theres nice walking around chagford too, a small moorland town.. pretty rural around there,
Totnesis a bit of a hippy town, (the first transition town) with a good market on Friday and Saturday for 'alternative clothing' second hand stuff, veg etc, and veggie restaurants etc.. and riverford goes to town.. the shop part of the riverford box organic box people. Totnes has a little norman castle too.
if you want to go the the coast.. Burgh islandis good.. an island at high tide, you can walk over the sand at low.. Dartmouth is pretty.. yachts in the river, lil castle an all that.
erm... and lots more..
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A few years ago wen we visited Dartmoor, we also went to see the Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Heligan. My vote goes to the Lost Gardens of Heligan. I also enjoyed Eden, but the atmosphere at Heligan was really nice and they try to recreate Victorian veg garden and have victorian chicken breeds etc. But we visited in early June. Perhaps the greenhouse domes at Eden are more pleasant round Easter time.
Anyhow, differten people like different things, so your mileage may vary.
Anyhow, differten people like different things, so your mileage may vary.