Dartmoor National Park Authority

Finding Somewhere to Stay

There is a wide range of accommodation available on Dartmoor from luxury hotels, to family run B&Bs, farm accommodation, self catering cottages, hostel type accommodation and camp sites.

The most comprehensive guide to accommodation and places to visit across Dartmoor National Park is the Dartmoor Partnership Ltd website and annual guide. You can request a copy from the Dartmoor Partnership Ltd (formerly the Dartmoor Tourist Association) website (external link, opens new window).  

Wealth of Wildlife Some of Dartmoor's accommodation providers have joined our Wealth of Wildlife project to help make your stay even closer to nature.

Dartmoor First

Dartmoor First is the replacement of the  Dartmoor Charter for Sustainable Tourism (627Kb - PDF Help).

Unlike the Dartmoor Charter for Sustainable Tourism, Dartmoor First is an award for all businesses, not just tourism enterprises, on Dartmoor to recognise their commitment to sustaining Dartmoor and its special qualities. Launched in 2009 many businesses have applied to be amongst the first recipients of the Dartmoor First award. Look out for the Dartmoor First logo displayed by businesses and know that they have taken steps to put Dartmoor First.

For further details please visit the Dartmoor First information page

Serviced & Self-catering Accommodation

All the organisations listed below require that their accommodation has undergone an independant quality inspection to ensure your comfort.

The following links are to external web sites and will open in a new window.

Dartmoor Partnership Ltd (formerly the Dartmoor Tourist Association)(external link, opens new window).
Helpful Holidays www.helpfulholidays.com (external link, opens new window).

Farm accommodation

West Devon Friendly Farm Holiday Group www.west-devon-friendly-farm-holidays.co.uk (external link, opens new window).
Dartmoor and South Devon Farm and Country Holidays www.devonfarms.co.uk (external link, opens new window).
Dartmoor and West Devon Farm Holiday Group www.dartmoor-farm-accommodation.co.uk (external link, opens new window).

Camping & Caravanning:
Camping and caravanning can be an enjoyable way of staying on Dartmoor.  It is important that you use a camp site and do not simply pull off the road for an overnight stop.  Apart from the fact that you may be spoiling the view or polluting streams or waterways which others have come to enjoy you will be committing an offence against local byelaws.  The maximum penalty is £100 and you are likely to be moved on by Police or National Park Rangers as you settle down for the night.

Back Pack Camping

• All Dartmooor, even the open moorland is owned by someone. The owners of this unenclosed moorland do not normally object to backpack camping.  You will not fall foul of local byelaws as long as you keep to the simple common sense camping code:
• Do not camp on moorland enclosed by walls, on the road side or within 100 metres of the road, anywhere within sight of a road or house, in reservoir catchment areas, on very small commons surrounded by farmland, on areas of common which are heavily used for informal recreation, these areas can be viewed at schedule 2 of the Byelaws.
• Dealing with waste. Litter, human excrement and waste water are all pollutants.  They cause offence and can be dangerous.  Take all litter home and deal with other waste in a sensible way.
• Avoiding damage. Don't light fires. Stand camping stoves on a rock to avoid scorching the grass.  Don't over use a site. Avoid pitching on the mark left by another tent.  Don't stay on any site more than two nights. Stay in small groups and away from other parties.Many small farms welcome backpackers and offer simple amenities which make the experience more enjoyable.
• Caravans
  If you are towing a trailer or caravan, remember many Dartmoor roads are steep, winding and narrow.  In fact there is a Traffic Regulation Order which prevents caravans from crossing Holne Bridge and Newbridge both of which are on the road between Ashburton and Two Bridges. You will enjoy your stay more if you leave your caravan on a site on the edge of the moor and explore without it.

Camp Sites

Ashburton Caravan Park	01364 652552
Beara Farm Buckfastleigh	01364 642234
Bridestow Caravan Park Okehampton	01837 861261
Churchill Farm Buckfastleigh	01364 642844
Cockingford Camp Site Widecombe in the Moor	01364 621258
Dartmoor Country Holidays, Horrabridge	01822 852651
Harford Bridge Holiday Park, Tavistock	01822 810349
Higher Longford Camping and Caravanning, Tavistock	01822 613360
Langstone Manor Park, Tavistock	01822 613371
Lemonford Caravan Park, Bickington	01626 821242
Olditch Holiday Park Sticklepath	01837 840734
Parkers Farm Ashburton	01364 652598
Plume of Feathers Princetown	01822 890240
Woodovis Park Tavistock	01822 832968

Youth Hostels, Backpackers and Camping Barns

Okehampton Youth Hostel & Activity Centre	01837 53916
Steps Bridge YHA	01647 252435
Bellever YHA	01822 880227
Sparrowhawk Backpackers Moretonhampstead	01647 440318
Buckland Monachorum Centre	01752 224884
Dartmoor Expedition Centre Widecombe in the Moor	01364 621249
Forest Inn Hexworthy	01364 631211
Fox & Hounds Bridestow	01822 820206
Fox Tor Cafe Princetown	01822 890238
Holne Barn	01364 631544
Lopwell Barn Yelverton	0870 7706113
Lower Aish Poundsgate	01364 631229
Powder Mills Postbridge	01822 880227
Plume of Feathers Princetown	01822 890240
Runnage Farm Postbridge	01822 880222
The Old House Manaton	01647 221202

Page updated 21 May 2009