Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.

Understand

• Visit Okehampton website

Get in

Trains run daily every two hours from Exeter St David's, with peak hour services starting from Exeter Central, taking 45 min via Crediton. This "Dartmoor Line" re-opened for passenger trains in 2021.

The 1 station is half a mile south of the village. It's an unstaffed platform with a ticket machine but no toilets.

See

• 1 Okehampton Castle, Castle Lodge, EX20 1JA, ☏ +44 1837 52844. adults £3.90, children £2.30, concessions £3.50.  
• 2 Finch Foundry, Sticklepath, EX20 2NW (4 miles east of Okehampton), ☏ +44 1837 840046, finchfoundry@nationaltrust.org.uk.  

Do

• Granite Way is an 11-mile walking and cycling path along the edge of Dartmoor, from Okehampton to Sourton and Lydford. It crosses the spectacular Meldon and Lake Viaducts.

Sleep

• 1 Fountain Inn, Fore St, EX20 1AP, ☏ +44 1837 53532. 
• 2 Lewtrenchard Manor, Lewdown EX20 4PN, ☏ +44 1566 783222. Upscale hotel in manor house built 1620 but made over by the energetic Rev Sabine Baring-Gould, the antiquarian polymath and chum of Gilbert & Sullivan who put them on the trail of the Pirates of Penzance. Beautiful decor, service and cuisine. B&B double from £270. (updated Jun 2020)

Connect

Okehampton and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers, but you soon lose the signal on the moors. As of April 2022, 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

• Dartmoor National Park lies just south of town.
• Exeter is mostly modern, but full of activities and historic sites.

Routes through Okehampton

Land's End ← Launceston ←

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→ Exeter →