Dartmoor News

16/09/2025

The Editor, Paul Rendell, will be giving an illustrated talk about being a Dartmoor Guide at the Museum of Dartmoor Life on Tuesday 30th September at 7pm.

11/08/2025

You can access the Dartmoor News questionnaire on the official Dartmoor News website. While you're there, you can also check out three articles written by the Editor; a flavour of what features in this bi-monthly magazine!

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help Dartmoor News move forward.

Dartmoor News is seeking your views. We have created a short questionnaire (click HERE) asking you about your thoughts on the magazine and if it can be improved or altered in any way. We are getting very close to our 200th issue and we would be very grateful if you could fill out the questionnaire.....

24/06/2025

The next issue of the Dartmoor News will be out next week. Nearly 30 pages of news and lots of article about the moor.😀
News Desk.........................................................................................3-29
ABBA Comes to Devon 50 Years Ago.................................................31
Memories of a Country Boy................................................................32
Some Rare Birds on the Moor.............................................................36
A Walk in the Wild...............................................................................38
Old Dartmoor — Dartmeet..................................................................41
Hentor Warren Boundary Stone........................................................42
Dartmoor Boundary Stones — Revisited.............................................44
Made on Dartmoor — A Winter’s Tale................................................47
Molinia Taking Over Dartmoor...........................................................48
Tales of Some Dartmoor Crosses.......................................................50
The Lost Village of Burrator................................................................52
Old News with Old Jack.....................................................................54
Dartmoor Gates...................................................................................55
Dartmoor Dining..................................................................................56
Belstone in the 1920s..........................................................................58
Industrial Sites on the Moor...............................................................62
Udal Tor Sanatorium............................................................................66
Looking at Dartmoor Railway Stations..............................................70

08/05/2025

The Phone Museum in Mary Tavy (Bal Lane) was officially open on Wednesday 7th May. Thanks to everyone who came along and thanks to Bryonie for all the planning and getting project off the ground. We hope to have public guided walk in the next couple of months to exploring the mining history.

25/04/2025

The May/June issue of the Dartmoor News will out soon - this will be the 200th issue. The magazine was started in 1991. There is more news in this issue than ever before.
CONTENTS
News Desk.........................................................................................3-34
The Divide News to the Dartmoor News............................................36
An Interesting Gate at Princetown....................................................40
Tavistock in the Second World War...................................................42
Clearbrook — The Very Early Days......................................................44
Belstone in the 1920s............................................................................48
Spotlight on Dartmoor Bridges — Beardown Bridge.......................50
Ghostly Dartmoor — Squire Fulford....................................................53
Old News — Death at Golden Dagger Mine........................................54
Industrial Sites on the Moor................................................................56
Tales From the Museum.......................................................................58
Competition Time................................................................................59
County Bridge Boundary Stones........................................................60
Nature Notes........................................................................................64
Walking on Dartmoor...........................................................................66
Book Reviews........................................................................................70
Book News.............................................................................................72

20/04/2025

Walks coming up in next couple of weeks.
See web site for more details please book and pay via [email protected]
www.paulrendelldartmoor.co.uk

Sat 26th April – Okehampton Moor – 4 Hours
Start time: 10.00am
Duration: 4 hrs 7 miles
Meeting Point: Okehampton Moor below Row Tor SX596922 what3word - skips.overdrive.stitch
Route: Row Tor, Target Railway, New Bridge, East Mill Tor, Oke Tor and Cullever Steps. Dogs allowed on this walk
Price: £11
27th April (Sun) CRANMERE POOL & OCKERTON COURT – 6 hours
Start Time: 10am
Meeting Point: Okehampton Moor below Row Tor SX 59626 92220
What3word: yell.nurtures.acrobats
Duration: 10 miles, 6 hours
Route: Oke Tor, Knack Mine, Ted Hughes Memorial Stone, Taw Head, Cranmere Pool, Ockerton Court, and East Mill Tor.
Note: There will be tough section of moorland on this walk. Dogs are allowed on this walk
Price: £13.50

29th April (Tue) BENNETT’S CROSS - 2 hours
Start Time: 10am
Meeting Point: Small car park near Cross
What3word - spoken.cassettes.grin
Duration: 3 miles, 2 hours
Dogs are allowed on this walk
Price: £7.00

4h May (Sun) FUR TOR – QUEEN OF THE MOOR - 6 hours
Start Time: 10am
Meeting Point: Lane End (Car park at end lane. SX 537 824).
Duration: 10-12 miles (6 hrs)
Route: Tavy Cleave, River Tavy, Sandy Ford, Fur Tor, Pinswell, Watern Oke, Rattlebrook, Tavy Cleave tor and Ger Tor
Note: This a tough walk including a number of river crossing. No dogs on this walk
Price: £13.50

Dartmoor guide, walks, tors, history, nature, wildlife, granite.

21/03/2025

Did you know that Paul Rendell, the Editor of the magazine, is available for Private Hire?

Paul can tailor your walk for tor bagging, looking at wildlife, exploring the archaeology, hearing about the myths and legends, Dartmoor 365ing, Dartefacting, wild swimming, moon walks and more.

Click below to find out more.

Dartmoor guide, walks, tors, history, nature, wildlife, granite.

28/02/2025

The March/April issue of the Dartmoor News has just been published. Subscription copies will be sent out on Monday, copies will be in shops next week as well as you get get copies from ebay.

23/02/2025

OKEHAMPTON TOWN TRAIL

Tuesday 22nd April 2025
10am at the Museum of Dartmoor Life Courtyard
£6 per person

This walk, led by Local Historian Paul Rendell, will look at the industrial side of this market town. On this 1 ½ hour walk we will learn about the copper mines, the many mills to be found in the town a chance to see a working waterwheel and visit inside the building of this mill.

Please book and pay in advance, limited numbers.

Email: [email protected]