Moretonhampstead is a town in the English county of Devon within Dartmoor National Park.
Moretonhampstead from Hingston Rocks
Understand
Get in
By car
Take the B3212 from Exeter or A382 from Newton Abbot.
By bus
359 direct from Exeter to Moretonhampstead, 5 per day (except Sun).173 indirect from Exeter via Drewsteignton and Chagford, 4 per day (except Sun).
Get around
Map of Moretonhampstead
See
- 1 Almshouses, Cross St, TQ13 8NN (in front of the church of St Andrew). Grade I listed almshouses with portico - 1637 [date stone] but possibly part of the medieval hospital founded in 1451
- 2 Bowring Library (Moretonhampstead Library), 2 Fore St, TQ13 8LL, ☏ 44 1647 440 523. Tu Sa 10AM-noon, W 2-6PM. Grade II listed Library with beautiful facade and unusual railings
- Dartmoor Pony Statues, Pound St, TQ13 8NX.
- 3 Moretonhampstead Motor Museum, The Old Bus Depot, Court Street,TQ13 8LG, ☏ 44 1647 440 636, ✉[email protected]. 11:30AM-4:30PM W-Su. £7 Adults £3.50 Children.
- 4 Cranbrook Castle. A prehistoric hill fort
Do
- 1 Hingston Down. Hingston Down is toped by Hingston Rocks 325 m (1,066 ft) high with views over Moretonhampton.
- 2 Moretonhampstead Swimming Pool, Betton Way, TQ13 8LG. Open May-Sep. 25 metre open air swimming pool: heated by air source heat pumps and solar power to c. 27 degrees.
Buy
Eat
Drink
Dartmoor Pony Sculpture
- 1 The Horse (The White Horse), 7 George St, TQ13 8PG, ☏ 44 1647 440 242. 5-11PM (closed Su M).
- 2 The Union Inn, 10 Ford St, TQ13 8LN, ☏ 44 1647 440 199. 11AM-11PM Mo-Sa 11:30AM-11PM Su.
Outside the town:
- 3 Ring Of Bells Inn, North Bovey, TQ13 8RB, ☏ 44 1647 440 375, ✉[email protected]. 10AM-11PM.
Sleep
- 1 Sparrowhawk Backpackers, 45 Ford St, TQ13 8LN, ☏ 44 1647 440 318. £19 Dorm, £45 Double.
- 2 The White Hart Hotel, The Square, TQ13 8NF, ☏ 44 1647 440 500, ✉[email protected]. Free House Inn with drinks, comfortable sitting room with a large chess set and open fires, furnished in country hunting style.
Cope
- 1 Public Toilet, Station Road Car Park, TN13 8NH.
Go next
- Princetown 14 mi (23 km) to the south west following the B3212.
- Chagford 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the north west following the B3208.
| Routes through Moretonhampstead |
| A30 ← Clagford (B3208) ← | North  South | → Bovey Tracy → Newton Abbot |
