Tor of the Moor
Tavistock
The Pork Hill Stroll
Location: Tavistock PL19 9LQ
Distance: 3 Miles
Difficulty: Easy
Tors covered 3: Feather Tor, Heckwood Tor & Pew Tor
Nearest Pub: The Dartmoor Inn at Merrivale
A beautiful route, with spectacular views looking down onto Tavistock and Brentor. A very popular place, Pork hill has a nice big accessible car park (normally equipped with a Willy's ice cream van in most weathers!). This is a very gentle route, accessible for most, but is highly rewarding for it's views.
A Staple Walk
Location: Pork Hill Nr Tavistock
Distance: 3.2 Miles
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Tors covered 6: Little Staple Tor, Middle Staple Tor, Great Staple Tor, Roos Tor, Cox Tor and Little Cox Tor. (Logan Stone at Cox Tor)
Nearest Pub: The Dartmoor Inn at Merrivale
The bigger brother to the Pork Hill Stroll, same car park but the other side of the road, covering much higher ground. A good place for a dog walk or a ride, but do bear in mind that it does get very busy as it is a popular destination for tourists.
Yelverton
Location: Grenofen, PL19 9ES
Distance: 4.5 Miles
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Tors covered 4: Berra Tor, Balstone Wood Tor, Buck Tor and Buckator. Also Goat Rock, Raven Rocks and Virtuous Lady Rocks.
Local pub: The Leaping Salmon in Horrabridge
An unusual feeling route for Dartmoor, a much more trodden path, but a beautiful place to be. This route incorporates gorgeous moorland plains, proper british woodland and the meeting of the river walkham with the river Tavy. A perfect walk for dogs and also a beautiful, accessible stretch for riding.
The Lower Grenofen Loop
Udal Tor
Location: Yelverton
Distance: Under 1 Mile
Difficulty: Easy!
Tors covered 1: Udal Tor
Local pub: The Rock Inn, Yelverton
This Tor is on the outskirts of Yelverton, on an old WWII airfield. Commonly referred to as Roborough Rock, this is a popular spot for a picnic! There are still old trinkets to be found from the war and plenty of history, details of which can be read about on our Facebook post.
War Horse Walk
Location: Burrator
Distance: 6 Miles
Difficulty: Steady with gentle climbs
Tors covered 7: Middleworth Tor, Snappers Tor, Little Down Tor, Down Tor, Hingston Hill Tor, Combshead Tor and Eastern Tor
Local pub: The Burrator Inn, Dousland
Along this route you walk to Ditsworthy Warren House, the setting of the 2011 War Horse film and a popular destination. This part of the moor is always quite busy due to it's proximity to Plymouth and Burrator being a popular destination and so you will have a lot of company! The area was heavily mined and so keep an eye out for shafts too. There is a bridleway leading up from Burrator out onto the open moor and so we recommend using this way up rather that heading up to Down Tor. Once on the moor there are huge spans of level clear ground, perfect for a bit of a gallop and opportunity to take in the views.
Plymouth
A Potter above Wotter
Location: Wotter, PL7 5HP
Distance: 3.1 Miles
Difficulty: Easy
Tors covered 3: Whitehill Tor, Collard Tor & Hawks Tor
Local pub: The White Thorn Inn, Shaugh Prior
This route starts at Wotter and heads up onto the moors, exploring the quarries and reaching Whitehill Tor, Collard Tor and Hawks Tor. Beautiful views over Plymouth and the Sound and of the moors behind.
The Cadover Bridge Troll Loop
Location: Cadover Bridge, PL7 5JA
Distance: 6.1 Miles
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Tors covered 3: Hexton Tor, Great Trowlesworthy Tor and Little Trowlesworthy Tor
Local pub: The White Thorn Inn, Shaugh Prior
This route borders the china clay works at Lee Moor and so has a very different view to offer than normal. It was incredibly boggy off the paths so please be aware of this in wetter weather. There are also a lot of grass and moss covered stones making plenty of ankle breaking holes when you stray from the main paths and animal tracks! Because of this I wouldn't recommend it as the best spot for riding, but there are plenty of bridleways that connect to the paths around which can be seen on the OS map.You then come down off the hills to Cadover bridge before heading back up the hill towards the china clay works, walking along the Dartmoor border.
