Dartmoor National Park

Dartmoor is made up of moorland and large hills often referred to as tors. Once a year young people come from all over the UK to take on the Ten Tors Challenge, to complete the challenge you have walk ten tours.

Most of the national park is free to explore at your leisure however certain areas are used for military training and as such keep an eye open for signs and red flags which inform you of danger. Due to high levels of rainfall there are a number of bogs were excessive rainfall accumulates, the bogs are dangerous and you should take great care when walking on the moors. The safest way to explore Dartmoor is to stick to the footpaths and bridleways of which there are over 450 miles.

Locals will tell you many a story, rich in culture and myth. It is said that Dartmoor is haunted amongst other things by a headless horseman, pack of hounds and even pixies. If you are not afraid of ghosts and things that go bump in the night you may want to visit Jays Grave, Childes Tomb and Bowernans Nose all of which are said to be haunted. One of the more recent myths and perhaps one of the most frightening is the hairy hands which are said to attack travelers on the B3212 close to Two Bridges. With so many myths and legends its perhaps not surprising to learn that the Hound of the Baskervilles is set in Dartmoor.