Our Dartmoor Directory

Dartmoor Information Exchange - Facebook Group

Private knowledge-sharing group for Dartmoor enthusiasts — archaeology, wildlife, geology, history and more.

Dartmoor Geocaching - Facebook Group

Facebook companion to dartmoorgeocaching.co.uk — a community for geocachers exploring Dartmoor.

Helen Jackson - Dartmoor Photographer

Dartmoor, Newton Abbot

Helen Jackson (formerly Northcott) is a photographer living and working on Dartmoor. Known for her distinctive landscape photography and her acclaimed project documenting Dartmoor's disappearing red telephone boxes — the subject of two books. Prints and canvases available for worldwide shipping.

Robert Darch

Devon, Exeter

Robert Darch is an internationally recognised British artist-photographer based in Devon. His work uses landscape and portraiture to construct narrative responses to place — most notably Dartmoor, which forms the setting for his acclaimed book 'The Moor' (2018). Associate Lecturer in Photography at Plymouth University.

The Dartmoor Artist

Near Haytor, Newton Abbot

Sarah Smith is a self-taught artist and sustainable homeware maker living and working on a Dartmoor farmstead near Haytor. Featured in Country Living and listed among the UK's Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs. Creates hand-painted acrylic paintings, botanical prints, illustrated homewares and stationery inspired by Dartmoor's seasons, hedgerows and moorland.

The Dartmoor Collective

The Dartmoor Collective is a non-profit community interest company promoting visual artists working on or inspired by Dartmoor. Hosts summer exhibitions at Poltimore House, publishes acclaimed photozines, operates an online community and bursary programme for emerging photographers, and has featured work at RAMM Exeter and internationally.

Fox Tor Cafe

Princetown, Yelverton

Welcoming licensed café and bunkhouse in Princetown, the highest town on Dartmoor. Locally sourced home-cooked breakfasts, lunches, cream teas and cakes. Dog and walker-friendly with wood-burning stoves, a tea garden and bunkhouse accommodation. Open 6 days a week year-round.

Ashburton Cookery School

Ashburton

Award-winning cookery school in Ashburton, Dartmoor's edge, offering over 50 courses from half-day classes to professional diplomas. Founded 1992. Teaches both passionate home cooks and aspiring chefs using the finest local and seasonal Devon produce. ICSA Academy accredited.

Riverford Field Kitchen

Wash Farm, Buckfastleigh

Internationally acclaimed organic restaurant on Riverford's Wash Farm near Buckfastleigh, at the edge of Dartmoor National Park. Serves a daily-changing communal set menu of 100% organic, vegetable-forward dishes harvested fresh from the surrounding fields. Brunch, lunch and supper with booking essential.