Chagford is a village in the English county of Devon in Dartmoor.

Get in

By bus

Dartline 173: 2 buses each day each way Exeter to Moretonhampstead

By car

3 mi (4.8 km) north of Moretonhampstead on the A382 turn left into B3206 to Chagford.

Chagford long-stay carpark is at Stableyard, New Street TQ13.

On foot

The Two Moors Way passes through Chagford.

See

• 1 Spinsters' Rock. A dolmen with a rock roof supported by three rocks. (updated Nov 2020)

Do

• Chagword Literary Festival, ☏ +44 7518 469 437. Held in March in the Jubilee Hall and Chagford Primary School. (updated Dec 2020)
• Chagstock, organiser@chagstock.info. Music festival held in July. (updated Dec 2020)
• 1 Meldon Hill. 390 m (1,280 ft) high. (updated Nov 2020)

Buy

• 1 Proper Job Uptown, 32a The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 432 973, uptown@proper-job.org. Tu-Sa 9:30AM=5PM. Community reuse centre incorporating a recycled products shop. (updated Dec 2020)

Eat

• 1 The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant, 6 The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 433 226, saravincent14@gmail.com. Tu-Sa 9AM-4:30PM. (updated Nov 2020)

Drink

• 1 The Chagford Inn (Buller's Arms), 7 Mill St, TQ13 8AW, ☏ +44 1647 433 109. Chagford's posh pub. (updated Nov 2020)
• 2 The Globe Inn, 9 High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433 485, mary@theglobeinnchagford.co.uk. (updated Nov 2020)
• 3 Ring O'Bells, 44 The Square, TQ13 8AH, ☏ +44 1647 432 466, info@ringobellschagford.co.uk. Chagford's village pub and free house, dating from the 16th century, with a beautiful carved bar taken from a wooden ship. (updated Dec 2020)

Sleep

• 1 The Three Crowns Hotel, High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433 444. Check-in: 2:30PM, check-out: 11AM. A 13th-century granite manor house and site of a skirmish with the Roundheads in 1642, Now a 5-star inn. £115-£155. (updated Nov 2020)

Connect

As of Sep 2023, Chagford and its approach roads have 4G from EE and Three, but only a patchy mobile signal from O2 or Vodafone. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

• Drewsteignton 4 mi (6.4 km) to the north east.
• Moretonhampstead 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the south east.
• Postbridge 7.6 mi (12.2 km) to the south west via B3212 into the heart of Dartmoor.