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.
Four miles up onto the finest small ridge on the moor, two and a quarter hours with 320 metres of climbing on lane, then open moor grass and granite over Bonehill Rocks, Bell Tor, Chinkwell and Honeybag. Start at the paid village car park at Widecombe beside the church and the Rugglestone Inn, which has toilets and fills with coach parties in the afternoon, or park free on the moor edge at Bonehill and shorten the climb. Everything above the last gate is common grazing with sheep, cattle and ponies all year, so leads are required from 1 March to 31 July and sensible whenever stock is close; there is a stream below Bonehill for a drink but nothing on the ridge, and the granite clitter between the tors is hard on soft paws.
A Bronze Age settlement of two dozen hut circles inside a stone enclosure wall, high on the moor between Widecombe and Postbridge. English Heritage lists it as dog friendly and there is no gate or ticket, but the whole approach is grazed common land, which is the honest caveat on all of central Dartmoor.
Rugglestone Inn is a pub in Widecombe-in-the-Moor. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
The Cafe on the Green is a place to eat in Widecombe-in-the-Moor. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
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Elderberry Cottage
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Bay View Paignton
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The Acorn Lodge
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