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 Tourist Association's website and annual guide. You can request a copy from the Dartmoor Tourist Association (external link, opens new window).
Some of Dartmoor's accommodation providers have joined our Wealth of Wildlife project to help make your stay even closer to nature. |  |
Dartmoor Charter for Sustainable Tourism
We are encouraging tourism businesses to sign up to the Dartmoor Charter for Sustainable Tourism. If you would like to support these businesses that have made a real commitment to conserve Dartmoor's special qualities look out for the green Dartmoor Charter logo displayed by businesses as an advert, plaque or window sticker. They have produced and are implementing a plan to better use resources, to reduce waste, to learn about and promote the special qualities of Dartmoor, to encourage sustainable travel and help protect Dartmoor by following Moor Care guidelines.
To view a list of businesses who have successfully been awarded full Charter status and find out more about the Dartmoor Charter for Sustainable Tourism 
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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.
The Dartmoor Tourist Association www.discoverdartmoor.com (external link, opens new window).
Helpful Holidays www.helpfulholidays.com (external link, opens new window).
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.
| 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 & 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 |
