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Photo of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, a village in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.

© Lewis Clarke / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

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Classic Dartmoor village with cathedral-like church tower.

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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The granite tower of St Pancras church rises around 120 feet over Widecombe’s green, earning it the nickname Cathedral of the Moor; it was built partly on the profits of Dartmoor tin. The village sits in a green hollow ringed by bare tors near the middle of the moor. It gives its name to Widecombe Fair, still held here each September.

More places to visit near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Photo of Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south west England.Iconic

Dartmoor

You’re inside itNational Park near Postbridge

Granite tors, wild ponies and England's largest expanse of open moorland in the south.

Photo of Hound Tor, a rock formation near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Iconic

Hound Tor

Rock formation near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

A rugged crown of granite stacks beside the ruins of a deserted medieval village on eastern Dartmoor.

3.5 km NE

Photo of Hound Tor Medieval Village, a landmark near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Hound Tor Medieval Village

Landmark near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Stone footings of a 13th-century Dartmoor hamlet of longhouses and barns below Hound Tor, probably deserted in the 14th century.

3.5 km NE

Photo of Bowerman's Nose, a rock formation near Lustleigh in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Bowerman's Nose

Rock formation near Lustleigh

A weathered granite stack on Hayne Down shaped like a man's profile, the subject of a Dartmoor witch legend.

4.3 km NE

Photo of Grimspound, a prehistoric village near Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Grimspound

Prehistoric village near Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Late Bronze Age settlement in a Dartmoor fold between Hookney and Hameldown tors, where a thick stone wall rings the footings of 24 round houses.

4.4 km NW

Photo of Haytor, a rock formation near Bovey Tracey in Dartmoor, Devon, south west England.Iconic

Haytor

Rock formation near Bovey Tracey

Dartmoor's most famous granite tor, an easy climb to sweeping views over the moor and the South Devon coast.

5.3 km E