Princetown To Burrator Circuit | Experience Dartmoor Walk
Sun, Mar 12
|Princetown National Park Visitor Centre
Join us for a stunning 9 mile circular from Princetown. Expect open moors, archaeological sites, ancient leats, and a stretch of the famous Dartmoor Way. This is a route you won’t forget in a hurry!
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2023, 10:00 AM
Princetown National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown, Yelverton PL20 6QF, UK
About The Event
Walk description:
Our adventure for the day will begin at the pay and display car park in Princetown. Once we have all gathered and introduced ourselves, we will head south east to South Hessary Tor, looking back over HMP Dartmoor Prison, a big building that looks very out of place in its wild surroundings!
1km on and we will turn west, passing fascinating remains of tin mines and small settlements, as well as ancient crosses and Crazy Well Pool. Should the weather be clear, the views across the moors here are incredible. Norsworthy Plantation sits on the horizon, moving ever closer, before we duck under its shady canopy to pick up Devonport Leat, constructed in the 1790s to carry fresh drinking water from the high ground of Dartmoor to the expanding dockyards at Plymouth Dock. No matter the time of year, this leg of the walk proves to be exceptionally…
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