🌳 Outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🆓 Free entry🐐 AnimalsWater playSwimming🌲 WoodlandCastleFarmEducationalOvernight
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, is a spectacular 368-square-mile landscape of wild moorland, granite tors, ancient woodlands, and rivers. It's a designated National Landscape and one of England's most popular outdoor destinations. Families can enjoy walking and hiking trails for all abilities, cycling and mountain biking, pony spotting (Dartmoor's iconic wild ponies and highland cattle), wild swimming, kayaking, climbing, and fishing. Explore Bronze Age archaeological sites, ancient stone rows, and the legendary prison at Princetown. The park's dark skies are ideal for stargazing. Three award-winning Visitor Centres at Princetown, Postbridge, and Haytor offer exhibitions, activities for children, maps, and local gifts. Free entry — the park is open to everyone, all year round.
Visitor centre hours vary — winter (Nov-Mar) reduced hours, summer (Jun-Aug) extended to 17:00. Park landscape is open year-round. Check dartmoor.gov.uk for current visitor centre hours.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Toddler reins
- Folding stool
- Reusable cutlery
- Dummy and a spare
- Waterproof trousers
- Lunch boxes
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