Dartmoor National Park Authority

Visiting




 Open Access
 Public Rights of Way
 Finding Your Way





Need to know

For Maps, Guide Books, Trail Guides, clothing and a range of merchandise. Go to the online shop.

Weather Forecasts

An up-to-date weather forecast can be obtained, direct from the Weather Channel, http://uk.weather.com (external link, opens new window).

Finding Your Way on the Ground

Open Access areas

Open moorland covered by the Dartmoor Commons Act is not usually signposted as open access land.

Access agreement areas will usually have information signs at the entrances.

Access allowed symbolOn Dartmoor, this symbol is currently being used to inform you that you are entering CRoW Act access land.
No access symbolThis symbol indicates that there are no open access rights beyond where the symbol is located.

Rights of Way

A yellow arrow waymark indicates a public footpath

A blue arrow waymark indicates a public bridleway

A red waymark indicates a Byway Open To All Traffic

Level Double-A conformance icon,  W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Link to Directgov