Walk · Devon

Princetown and Foggintor Quarry on the old railway

Princetown · PL20 6QF

3.5MILES

1h 45mON FOOT

110mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 94% 6% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 18%Lane & track 76%Road with traffic 6%

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

Dartmoor National Park visitor centre car park, Princetown PL20 6QF

Parking

Paid car park at the Princetown visitor centre with toilets; arrive before 11am on summer weekends

Directions to the start →

Three and a half miles on the bed of the old Princetown railway to the flooded workings and ruined cottages at Foggintor Quarry, an hour and three quarters with 110 metres of gentle climbing on a firm stony trackbed and a short spur into the quarry itself. Start at the Princetown visitor centre car park and pick up the trackbed behind the village; the gradient is a railway gradient throughout, which makes this the easiest way onto the high moor for an older dog or a pushchair. It is open common all the way with sheep and ponies grazing beside the track and skylarks in the grass either side, so the lead rule from 1 March to 31 July applies, the quarry pool is deep and cold with sheer granite sides, and there is no other water on the route.

THE SMALL PRINTDartmoor access land: dogs on a lead between 1 March and 31 July, and under effective control near the sheep and ponies grazing beside the trackbed. The flooded quarry has sheer sides and no easy exit for a dog.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 50.5450, -3.9910

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

Princetown and Foggintor Quarry on the old railway

House rules, decoded

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