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Haytor & Quarry | Haytor and Hound Tor |
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(donation) Car Park next to Information Centre |
What to explore? |
The Rock | |
National Park Visitor Centre near Car Park |
Walk 1 Haytor & Quarry (3.4 miles)
Difficulty:
Start : Car Park nr Information Centre |
This very dramatic, pleasant and fairly easy walk.
The Walk
A From the Car Park it follows a small track on left of the Bovey Tracey road to a turn off into the village of Haytor Vale.
B Follow signs to the Rock.
C About 100m before the pub the walk bears left into a bridlepath.
D After a while you join the Templer Way towards Haytor.and a old tramway to the quarry. Along here stones were transported to build the arches of London Bridge and the steps to the British Museum.
E You almost seem to be heading towards a forgotten settlement surrounding the majestic Tor.
F The quarry resembles a nature reserve with water lilies gracing its pools.
G From here the climb to Haytor (454 m) is steady crossing a most dramatic landscape with spectacular views all around.
There is one steep descent.
time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
terrain: | tracks bridle/ footpaths |
country lanes | |
main roads | 0 % |
2% | |
altitude range | 268 - 429 m |
quality of track | *** |
Map of Walk 1
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Walk 2 Haytor and Hound Tor (4.9 miles)
Difficulty:
Start : Car Park nr Information Centre |
Quite a strenuous but rewarding walk ideal for a sunny day!
It includes several climbs and descents combining three Tors :
Haytor , Holwel Tor and Hound Tor
Hound Tor, the one looking perhaps like a pack of hounds, offers magnificent views and overlooks the remains of a deserted medieval village.
A good place for a picnic as it is exactly half way.
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