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Villages in Dartmoor National Park
Villages in Dartmoor National Park
Bovey Tracey - prehistoric remains visible all round the roads.
Buckland-in-the-Moor - wooded area with an unusual church clock in the village - having 'My dear mother' in place of the numbers 1-12. Ten commandments are to be found in stone on nearby Buckland Beacon (very eroded).
Chagford - a village deep in the moor.
Cornwood - a southern Dartmoor village.
Drewsteignton on the north-east of the moor with a great old pub, the Drewe Arms.
Harford - a tiny village with a picturesque bridge and church near Cornwood.
Haytor Vale - near some very striking tors.
Lydford - A village north of Tavistock with a spectacular limestone gorge and a castle that was once used as the stannary prison.
Mary Tavy - a pleasant moorland village north of Tavistock that generally gets less crowded than many areas but the walks are as good.
Meavy - village green and ancient oak tree.
Peter Tavy - as Mary Tavy above.
Shaugh Prior - village with granite church with old china clay pits all around.
Sheepstor - the tor is very shapely and immediately above the village , which has the tomb of James Brooke, white rajah of Sarawak.
Widecombe-in-the-Moor - Though best known for its song it's worth seeing for its large church (sometimes known as 'the cathedral of the moor.' Good pubs.
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