Tourist attractions Chagford

This wooded gorge around 2km long has, in places, steep rocky slopes dropping approximately 18m. The upper path offer superb views of the river below. The lower path goes around the edge of the water, the river's northwestern bank. The third path..

When he discovered that he was descended from a Norman aristocrat, Dru or Drogo, who lived in the 12C, the rich grocer Julius Drewe had Edwin Lutyens create an extraordinary castle in his name. The castle was built 1911-1930 from granite taken from D..

The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury (1170) is said to have been founded by William de Tracey in atonement for his part in St Thomas Becket's murder. The church has been restored but principally dates from the 15C and contain..

This three-arched, 16C granite bridge in the north of Dartmoor National Park spans Fingle Gorge. On the hilltop stand the ruins of an Iron Age hillfort, Prestonbury Castle .

The 20m-high Becky Falls are near the village of Manaton in Dartmoor National Park, north of Plymouth. The area is criss-crossed by nature trails, making it a good departure point for walks on the moors. South of Manaton, near Haytor Vale, are the H..

This two-story stone house has a loggia on its façade with seven octagonal columns and dates back to 1537, when it was the village hospice.

St Pancras is a vast building that is 32m long and in the Perpendicular style, flanked with a 40m-high red granite tower. It is sometimes called the Cathedral of the Moors . The barrel vault is decorated with fine sculpted bosses.

The ruins of the castle (Castle Lane), which was originally a fortified Norman feudal mound, were rebuilt in the 13C. The guardroom, a barbican, interior and exterior farmyards, a keep and a tower containing a staircase were added.

The castle shows the military importance of Lydford which, from 7-13C, was a Saxon outpost; the keep, which today stands ruined, was built in 1195 to hold prisoners.

St Petroc's, founded in the 6C, was rebuilt and enlarged in the Norman style in the 13C; the southern side and the tower were added in the 15C, and further changes were made in the 19C.