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Fernworthy Forest

Chagford · TQ13 8EA
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Forest tracks around Fernworthy Reservoir, high on the moor above Chagford, with stone circles and cairns on the open ground beyond the trees. Dogs are allowed on the forest trails; the pay-and-display car park is run by South West Lakes Trust and it is a long way from a shop, so bring water.

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Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on

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REGION · DEVON
GRID · 50.6403, -3.8784
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.FORESTRYENGLAND.UK/FERNWORTHY-FOREST
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Fernworthy Forest and reservoir

Chagford · TQ13 8EA
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3.8MILES
1:55TIME
110mCLIMB
94%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on Water bowls

A sheltered 3.8 miles round the reservoir and its spruce plantations, about two hours with 110 metres of climbing almost entirely on forest road and stone track, with a stone circle and two bronze age cairns just off the route. Start at the Forestry England car park by the dam, four miles of narrow lane south-west of Chagford, free with toilets in season and a decent bet on a wet or windy day when the open moor is unpleasant. Dogs are welcome and the forest roads are wide and firm for a long off-lead run with water at the reservoir edge, but the shoreline is a drawdown zone that turns to deep sticky mud in summer, the plantation gates open onto grazed moor at the western end, and the access land beyond carries the 1 March to 31 July lead rule.

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