Walk · Devon

Dulverton and Tarr Steps by the Barle

Dulverton
Dulverton Hawkridge Ashway Draydon Cottages Highercombe Venford Moor 356m Varle Hill Mounsey Hill Ridge Road River Barle River Barle River Barle N 1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors
12.5MILES
5h 30mON FOOT
480mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 86% 14% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 56%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 14%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at
Exmoor House car park, Dulverton, by the tourist information point
Parking
Pay-and-display at Exmoor House and Fore Street in Dulverton, both with toilets nearby; free parking at Tarr Steps is small and full by 10.30am
Directions to the start →

A full day of 12.5 miles, five to six hours, climbing out of Dulverton onto the ridges and moorland above the town and returning the whole length of the wooded Barle valley by the clapper bridge at Tarr Steps, with 480 metres of climbing on lane, moor track and a long rooty riverside path. Start from the pay-and-display car park by Exmoor House in Dulverton, which has toilets and shops for supplies and is the only substantial parking in the town; there is no useful bus link along the route so it has to be walked as a loop. For a fit dog it is one of the best days on Exmoor, shaded and watered by the Barle for the entire second half, but the high ground is grazed by sheep and ponies, several field gates have narrow stiles beside them, and the riverside path is rocky enough underfoot to wear soft pads by the end.

THE SMALL PRINTExmoor National Park asks for dogs on a lead or otherwise under close control at all times, and on a short lead near the sheep, cattle and ponies grazing the ridges and the valley fields.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on
Water bowls
REGION · DEVON
GRID · 51.0400, -3.5478
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.EXMOOR-NATIONALPARK.GOV.UK/EXMOOR-FOR-EVERYONE/WALKING/EXMOOR-CLASSICS/DULVERTON-AND-TARR-STEPS
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