Moretonhampstead is a town in the English county of Devon within Dartmoor National Park.

Moretonhampstead from Hingston Rocks

Get in

By car

Take the B3212 from Exeter or A382 from Newton Abbot.

By bus

359 direct from Exeter to Moretonhampstead, 5 per day (except Sun). 173 indirect from Exeter via Drewsteignton and Chagford, 4 per day (except Sun).

See

• 1 Almshouses, Cross St, TQ13 8NN (in front of the church of St Andrew). Grade I listed almshouses with portico - 1637 [date stone] but possibly part of the medieval hospital founded in 1451 (updated Nov 2020)
• 2 Bowring Library (Moretonhampstead Library), 2 Fore St, TQ13 8LL, ☏ +44 1647 440 523. Tu Sa 10AM-noon, W 2-6PM. Grade II listed Library with beautiful facade and unusual railings (updated Nov 2020)
• Dartmoor Pony Statues, Pound St, TQ13 8NX. (updated Dec 2020)
• 3 Moretonhampstead Motor Museum, The Old Bus Depot, Court Street,TQ13 8LG, ☏ +44 1647 440 636, ✉ moretonhampsteadmotormuseum@gmail.com. 11:30AM-4:30PM W-Su. £7 Adults £3.50 Children. (updated Oct 2020)
• 4 Cranbrook Castle. A prehistoric hill fort (updated Nov 2020)

Do

• 1 Hingston Down. Hingston Down is toped by Hingston Rocks 325 m (1,066 ft) high with views over Moretonhampton. (updated Nov 2020)
• 2 Moretonhampstead Swimming Pool, Betton Way, TQ13 8LG. Open May-Sep. 25 metre open air swimming pool: heated by air source heat pumps and solar power to c. 27 degrees. (updated Dec 2020)

Drink

Dartmoor Pony Sculpture

• 1 The Horse (The White Horse), 7 George St, TQ13 8PG, ☏ +44 1647 440 242. 5-11PM (closed Su M). (updated Oct 2020)
• 2 The Union Inn, 10 Ford St, TQ13 8LN, ☏ +44 1647 440 199. 11AM-11PM Mo-Sa 11:30AM-11PM Su. (updated Oct 2020)

Outside the town:

• 3 Ring Of Bells Inn, North Bovey, TQ13 8RB, ☏ +44 1647 440 375, ✉ mail@ringofbells.net. 10AM-11PM. (updated Nov 2020)

Sleep

• 1 Sparrowhawk Backpackers, 45 Ford St, TQ13 8LN, ☏ +44 1647 440 318. £19 Dorm, £45 Double. (updated Dec 2020)
• 2 The White Hart Hotel, The Square, TQ13 8NF, ☏ +44 1647 440 500, ✉ enquiries@whitehartdartmoor.co.uk. Free House Inn with drinks, comfortable sitting room with a large chess set and open fires, furnished in country hunting style. (updated Nov 2020)

Cope

• 1 Public Toilet, Station Road Car Park, TN13 8NH. (updated Dec 2020)

Go next

• Princetown 14 mi (23 km) to the south west following the B3212.
• Chagford 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the north west following the B3208.

Routes through Moretonhampstead

A30 ← Clagford (B3208) ←

North  South

→ Bovey Tracy → Newton Abbot