Moorland Guides

27/08/2023 | Challacombe Farm to Golden Dagger Mine and Soussons Wood

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers welcome. It is a category 3 route for scooter users, with some rough tracks.
See how the Dartmoor landscape was used in Medieval times and explore a global farming first.
ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 11:00 AM, 27/08/2023 – 3:30 PM, 27/08/2023
Guide: Dawn Williamson
Start Location: Challacombe Farm (SX695796)
Distance (Approx): 6 miles
Cost: Adults – donation to Devon Air Ambulance………….. Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Moderate
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557 330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com

28/08/2023 | Sourton, Meldon Dam, Black Tor and the ice works

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers are welcome. It is a category 3 walk for scooter users, as much of the route is on grassy tracks which can be rough and steep in places.
Explore the beautiful West Okemont valley and learn how Dartmoor supported Devon’s fishing industry 150 years ago. This guided walk will take you from Sourton along the Granite way to Meldon Down then over the moor to Black Tor, the Ice Works before returning to Sourton. It offers tremendous views and a special history.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 11:00 AM, 28/08/2023 – 3:30 PM, 28/08/2023
Guide: Andy Dunstan
Start Location: Sourton Camp Site (SX547916)
Distance (Approx):
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome…………………….. Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Strenuous
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557 330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com

29/08/2023 | Row tor and the military ring road

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers welcome. It is a category 3 route for scooter users, due to its length and stretches of uphill.
The walk offers expansive views of the moor and beyond from all sides.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 11:00 AM, 29/08/2023 – 3:30 PM, 29/08/2023
Guide: Amanda Head
Start Location: Row Tor Car Parking (SX596922)
Distance (Approx): 7 miles
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome……………… Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Moderate
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com

31/08/2023 | Shipley bridge to the Avon Dam: history and moor

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs or mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers are welcome. It is a category 1 route on tarmac, with a gentle incline up to the Dam.
This stroll passes from the archaeology of Dartmoor’s industrial past in Victorian times to the twentieth century Avon Dam, via the ruins of a haunted mansion.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 10:30 AM, 31/08/2023 – 12:30 PM, 31/08/2023
Guide: Amanda Head
Start Location: Shipley Bridge (SX681629)
Distance (Approx): 3 miles
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome………………. Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Easy
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557 330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com

01/09/2023 | Four Winds car park to Great Mis Tor

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers are welcome. It is a category 3 route for scooter users, as there is a long hill up on a gravel track which can be rough in places with a return on the same route.
This is a walk up one of Dartmoors grandest tors. There are great views to Plymouth Sound when the weather is fine.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS

Duration: 10:30 AM, 01/09/2023 – 12:30 PM, 01/09/2023
Guide: Andy Dunstan
Start Location: Four Winds (SX748562)
Distance (Approx):
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome…………… Children (U16) – free
Skill Level: Strenuous
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557 330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com

01/09/2023 | Merrivale Bronze Age Antiquities

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, but able-bodied walkers are welcome. It is a category 3 route for scooter users, as although it is short and fairly flat the paths are rough grass which is bumpy in places.
Discover the lives of Bronze Age peoples, their houses and the monuments they built.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 1:00 PM, 01/09/2023 – 3:00 PM, 01/09/2023
Guide: Andy Dunstan
Start Location: Four Winds (SX748562)
Distance (Approx):
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome…………….. Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Moderate
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557 330577
Email: 

02/09/2023 | Wray trail, Lustleigh towards Moretonhampstead

This is an accessible walk aimed at people using powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters but able-bodied walkers are welcome. It is a category 1 route for scooter users, on a gravel path with a gentle incline.
Follow in the footsteps of the Victorians who built the Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead railway.

ALL DOGS MUST BE ON A SHORT LEAD TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL PARK BYE-LAWS.

Duration: 11:00 AM, 02/09/2023 – 2:30 PM, 02/09/2023
Guide: Dawn Williamson
Start Location: Lustleigh Church (SX787814)
Distance (Approx):
Cost: Adults – Donation to Devon Air Ambulance welcome…………… Children (U16) – Free
Skill Level: Easy
Dogs permitted: Yes

Booking
Booking is required for this walk. For further information, contact your guide using the details below.
Telephone: Dawn Williamson 07557330577
Email: accessiblewalks@outlook.com