Widecombe in the Moor - Widecombe in the Moor

Widecombe in the Moor is a village in the English county of Devon in Dartmoor National Park.

Get in

By car

From the east follow the B3387 from Bovey Tracey through Haytor. From the south and west through Ponworthy.

By bus

Newton Abbot Community Transport 672 from Newton Abbot, Ashburton and Buckfastleigh once a week

Get around

See

• 50.57662-3.811541 The Church House, TQ13 7TA, ☏ 44 1364 621 321, ✉[email protected]. A fine community building built c.1540 used as an alms house, brewery and school. (updated Dec 2020)
• 50.57675-3.810982 St Pancras Church, TQ13 7TA, ☏ 44 1364 621 334. Sometimes known as the Cathedral of the Moor. (updated Oct 2020)

Do

• Widecombe Fair, Village green and Fair Field. Second Tuesday of September. All the trappings of a traditional country fair: livestock contests, vintage tractors, dog shows and a bail tossing competition. The fair has become famous thanks to a humorous folk song in which a group of local yokels ("Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all") borrow a lame old mare to ride to the fair, only for her to die of exhaustion on the moors. When performed right, it's funnier than it sounds. Free, but expect to pay for parking. (updated Oct 2020)

Tors (granite outcrops on top of hills) to climb:

• 50.5866-3.794661 Bell Tor (north east of Widecombe and Bonehill). 423 m (1,388 ft) high. (updated Nov 2020)
• 50.58303-3.793052 Bonehill Rocks (150 m (490 ft) south of the Bonehill Road with a choice of 3 car parks.). 393 m (1,289 ft) high (updated Nov 2020)
• 50.57188-3.792913 Hollow Tor (south south east of Widecombe). 370 m (1,210 ft) high. (updated Nov 2020)
• 50.56735-3.825964 Wind Tor (south west of Widecombe). At the south of Dunstone Down.375 m (1,230 ft) high. (updated Oct 2020)

Buy

Eat

• 50.57739-3.811021 The Cafe On The Green, TQ13 7TA (North of the Church), ☏ 44 1364 621 720, ✉[email protected]. 10AM-4:30PM (closed M). Breakfasts and light lunches served (updated Dec 2020)

Drink

• 50.5765-3.81211 The Old Inn, TQ13 7TA, ☏ 44 1364 621 207. noon-7:30PM except Su closes 4PM. (updated Oct 2020)
• 50.57434-3.8082 The Rugglestone Inn, TQ13 7TF, ☏ 44 1364 621 327. A Grade II listed inn with a cosy bar and a stream running through the garden. (updated Oct 2020)

Sleep

Cope

• 50.57738-3.810431 Public Toilet (Right of the entrance to the car park, between the 2 cafes.). (updated Dec 2020)

Go next

• Haytor Vale 3 mi (4.8 km) to the east (follow the B3387).
• Buckland in the Moor to the south.