Walk · North Yorkshire

Princetown to Nun's Cross by South Hessary Tor

Princetown · PL20 6QF
Princetown Cramber Tor South Hessary Tor 452m B3212 Soldier's Pond N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
6MILES
3h 5mON FOOT
170mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 94% 6% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 22%Lane & track 72%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.

Starts at
Dartmoor National Park visitor centre car park, Princetown PL20 6QF
Parking
Paid car park at the Princetown visitor centre, around 100 spaces with toilets; free roadside space on the Tavistock road fills first
Directions to the start →

Six miles out and back across the high central moor on a clear stony track, three hours with 170 metres of climbing, past South Hessary Tor and the boundary stones to the medieval cross at Nun's Cross and the leat above Foxtor Mires. Start at the National Park visitor centre car park in Princetown, which is paid, large and the last reliable toilets and water tap before the moor; the route is a track all the way so it is navigable in mist when the surrounding moor is not. Dogs get miles of open running here, but this is working common with sheep, cattle and ponies everywhere and skylarks nesting in the grass, so a lead is required between 1 March and 31 July, the mire either side of the track will swallow a dog that wanders, and there is no clean water until the leat.

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 stock at all times. Keep to the track: Foxtor Mires beside it is genuine bog.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 50.5450, -3.9910
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DARTMOOR.GOV.UK/ENJOY-DARTMOOR/PLANNING-YOUR-VISIT/VISITING-WITH-YOUR-DOG
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