Recreation and activities on and around the moor
For many years Sophie was a reporter for BBC South West, covering all manner of stories for the radio and TV. She left in 2020 and now writes full time.
Plymouth
Staddon Heights Golf Club Plymouth, one of the best clifftop golf courses in Devon. Visitors and Societies welcome.
Cudlipptown, Tavistock
A solitary granite marker on the open moor, marking an obscure chapter in Dartmoor's human history.
Chagford
Stone Lane Gardens is an enchanting 5-acre woodland gardens on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park, famous for a National Collection of Birch and Alder trees and annual sculpture exhibition.
Newton Abbot
Parkland golf course on the edge of Newton Abbot with championship-standard holes, mature trees and water features.
Exeter
For the remainder of the academic summer holiday calendar we will be running Saturday sessions only from 8th Aug to 5th Sept.
Morchard Bishop, Crediton
Freelance outdoor writer, editor and photographer specialising in southwest England, particularly Dartmoor and Exmoor.
Tavistock
Moorland golf course set within Dartmoor National Park, welcoming visitors and members of all standards.
Tavistock
Our aim is to provide local people and visitors to the area with the best possible facility celebrating Tavistock’s rich history and local traditions down the centuries.
A Vast Solitude by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography A review of "An Exploration of Dartmoor and its…
Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up? (A Dartmoor Story about a lowly Tavistock resident in the Nineteenth…
Bowerman’s Nose: Legends are like memes in slow motion by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography The universe is…
Exercise Baskerville by Clive Darke In 1967 there were eighteen deaths from exposure (hypothermia) and frostbite on…
In the Footsteps of Francis Drake by David J. Hawkings As a boy growing up in Plymouth, I often found myself looking to…
The Loneliest Place by George Wall A solitary hawthorn twists improbably out of the earth. The silhouette of a distant…
Prehistoric Dartmoor by Andrew McAuley Most visitors to Dartmoor National Park are aware that it is a landscape full of…
