Western Beacon and Butterdon Hill above Ivybridge

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.