Walk · Devon

Western Beacon and Butterdon Hill above Ivybridge

Ivybridge

5MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

250mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 8%

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

Harford Moor Gate car park, two miles north of Ivybridge

Parking

Small free car park at the moor gate, about 20 spaces on a narrow lane; overflow means verge parking that blocks farm access, so arrive early

Directions to the start →

Five miles along the southern rim of Dartmoor over Butterdon Hill and Western Beacon, two and three quarter hours with 250 metres of climbing on open moor grass, a stone row and the bed of the old Redlake tramway. Start at the small free car park at Harford Moor Gate, two miles up the lane from Ivybridge and holding perhaps twenty cars, or walk up from Ivybridge station and the Two Moors Way sign to add three miles and 150 metres of climb. The whole route is access land and the views run to Plymouth Sound and the sea, but sheep and ponies graze it year round, ground-nesting birds mean a lead from 1 March to 31 July, and the only water is the stream below the moor gate, so carry some.

THE SMALL PRINTDartmoor access land: dogs must be on a lead between 1 March and 31 July for ground-nesting birds and lambing, and under effective control near the sheep and ponies grazing the commons all year.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.4165, -3.8975

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DARTMOOR.GOV.UK/ENJOY-DARTMOOR/PLANNING-YOUR-VISIT/VISITING-WITH-YOUR-DOG

Western Beacon and Butterdon Hill above Ivybridge

House rules, decoded

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