Chagford
Chagford is a village in the English county of Devon in Dartmoor.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]Dartline 173: 2 buses each day each way Exeter to Moretonhampstead
By car
[edit]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
[edit]The Two Moors Way passes through Chagford.
Get around
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Map of Chagford
See
[edit]- 1 Spinsters' Rock. A dolmen with a rock roof supported by three rocks.
Do
[edit]- Chagword Literary Festival, ☏ +44 7518 469 437. Held in March in the Jubilee Hall and Chagford Primary School.
- Chagstock, organiser@chagstock.info. Music festival held in July.
- 1 Meldon Hill. 390 m (1,280 ft) high.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Proper Job Uptown, 32a The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 432973, uptown@proper-job.org. Tu-Sa 9:30AM=5PM. Community reuse centre incorporating a recycled products shop.
Eat
[edit]- 1 The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant, 6 The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 433226, saravincent14@gmail.com. Tu-Sa 9AM-4:30PM.
Drink
[edit]- 1 The Chagford Inn (Buller's Arms), 7 Mill St, TQ13 8AW, ☏ +44 1647 433109. Chagford's posh pub.
- 2 The Globe Inn, 9 High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433485, mary@theglobeinnchagford.co.uk.
- 3 Ring O'Bells, 44 The Square, TQ13 8AH, ☏ +44 1647 432466, 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.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 The Three Crowns Hotel, High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433444. 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.
Connect
[edit]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
[edit]- 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.