Widecombe in the Moor

Widecombe in the Moor is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.

Get in

By car

From the east follow the B3387 from Bovey Tracey through Haytor. From the south and west through Ponworthy.

By bus

Newton Abbot Community Transport 672 from Newton Abbot, Ashburton and Buckfastleigh once a week

See

Do

  • Widecombe Fair, Village green and Fair Field. Second Tuesday of September. All the trappings of a traditional country fair: livestock contests, vintage tractors, dog shows and a bail tossing competition. The fair has become famous thanks to a humorous folk song in which a group of local yokels ("Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all") borrow a lame old mare to ride to the fair, only for her to die of exhaustion on the moors. When performed right, it's funnier than it sounds. Free, but expect to pay for parking.

Tors (granite outcrops on top of hills) to climb:

  • 🌍 Bell Tor (north east of Widecombe and Bonehill). 423 m (1,388 ft) high.
  • 🌍 Bonehill Rocks (150 m (490 ft) south of the Bonehill Road with a choice of 3 car parks.). 393 m (1,289 ft) high
  • 🌍 Hollow Tor (south south east of Widecombe). 370 m (1,210 ft) high.
  • 🌍 Wind Tor (south west of Widecombe). At the south of Dunstone Down.375 m (1,230 ft) high.

Eat

Drink

Cope

  • 🌍 Public Toilet (Right of the entrance to the car park, between the 2 cafes.).

Go next

  • Haytor Vale 3 mi (4.8 km) to the east (follow the B3387).
  • Buckland in the Moor to the south.
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