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turned out along the route to see this new spectacle. spectacle. new this see to route the along out turned Centre can be found in in found be can Centre
26th June 1866. Excitement was great and people people and great was Excitement 1866. June 26th Bovey Tracey Heritage Heritage Tracey Bovey
The line was completed and formally opened on on opened formally and completed was line The
1964. Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead. Moretonhampstead. to Abbot Newton from The Lustleigh Society or Amazon or Society Lustleigh The from Victorians
between Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead in in Moretonhampstead and Tracey Bovey between entrepreneurs met together to plan a line from from line a plan to together met entrepreneurs In the Footsteps of the the of Footsteps the In book the purchase can You
traffic in March 1959, before closing completely completely closing before 1959, March in traffic In August 1858, a number of local landowners and and landowners local of number a 1858, August In www.lustleigh-society.org.uk Lustleigh.
was seen as no longer economic, closing to passenger passenger to closing economic, longer no as seen was
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(The Western Times reported in 1866). in reported Times Western (The further afield. further
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Devon will have seen the choicest of its beauties who who beauties its of choicest the seen have will Devon charabancs. Affluent new residents also moved moved also residents new Affluent charabancs.
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to avoid the perceived dangers inherent in the the in inherent dangers perceived the avoid to enabled coal and other commodities to be brought brought be to commodities other and coal enabled
area were recommended to employ a guide in order order in guide a employ to recommended were area Pottery grew in size and importance, and the railway railway the and importance, and size in grew Pottery
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and desolate place rarely visited by outsiders. Those Those outsiders. by visited rarely place desolate and such as timber, livestock and agricultural produce to to produce agricultural and livestock timber, as such
correspond to the numbered story. numbered the to correspond
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the numbered waymarkers along the route which which route the along waymarkers numbered the
each related by a different character. Look for for Look character. different a by related each The impact on the Wray Valley Wray the on impact The Victorian Dartmoor Victorian
of their stories. There are eight tracks to download, download, to tracks eight are There stories. their of
trail to your phone or mp3 player to discover some some discover to player mp3 or phone your to trail A full head of steam at Lustleigh Station Lustleigh at steam of head full A
people who visited the moor. Download the audio audio the Download moor. the visited who people
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and hilly, so please take extra care and consider consider and care extra take please so hilly, and
is an on-road section in Lustleigh, which is narrow narrow is which Lustleigh, in section on-road an is
and past the picturesque village of Lustleigh. There There Lustleigh. of village picturesque the past and
railway line through the National Trust Parke Estate Estate Parke Trust National the through line railway
Tracey to Moretonhampstead follows the dismantled dismantled the follows Moretonhampstead to Tracey
A 7 mile (11km) mainly traffic-free route from Bovey Bovey from route traffic-free mainly (11km) mile 7 A
the remnants of the railway. the of remnants the
of the Victorians. If you look carefully you can see see can you carefully look you If Victorians. the of
using the trail you will be travelling in the footsteps footsteps the in travelling be will you trail the using
Enjoy the quiet beauty of the Wray Valley Trail. By By Trail. Valley Wray the of beauty quiet the Enjoy Out on the Trail the on Out
Places along the Trail Starting the trail BOVEY TRACEY The best place to start the Wray Valley Trail is from Dartmoor Story The little market town is known as Moretonhampstead or Bovey Tracey. one of the gateways to Dartmoor and is at the southern end of From Bovey Tracey there is a large car park at Station the Wray Valley Trail. The station Road, (TQ13 9SB). The trail starts from opposite building has been well-preserved the car park and goes through Mill Marsh Park Exploring the and is now a Heritage Centre. and heads gently up hill towards Lustleigh and The railway greatly enhanced the Moretonhampstead wealth of the town, not only by Wray Valley Trail
increasing the number of visitors Moretonhampstead
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S a picturesque with a fine medieval d e le r BOVEY TRACEY y church, thatched cottages and a Mill Marsh o R Station Road Park F L o picture-postcard inn. Lustleigh e Molay Littry W a B3387 a d y nestles in the wooded valley of KEY Newton Road the Wray Brook, an area once Wray Valley Trail River Bovey B3344 extensively farmed. The station On road section brought tourists to visit the village Toilets and the ‘far-famed’ Lustleigh Parking Stover Trail & Cleave, situated to the west of Information NewtonÜ Abbot Food & Drink the village in a parallel valley. The throughout town railway gave new opportunities for local people to work in local Alternatively start at Moretonhampstead and use Court towns, to make shopping trips and Street Car Park (TQ13 8LG). The trail is signposted from to go on day trips to the coast. It there, down Pound Street into Pound Lane. The Wray also enabled Micaceous Haematite Valley links up with the Stover Trail and is part of the (“Shining Ore”) to be exported National Cycle Network route number 28 from nearby Kelly Mine. MORETONHAMPSTEAD MORETONHAMPSTEAD KEY In return for an annual rent of one Fo Wray Valley Trail B r d e S Wray Brook sparrowhawk, King John granted t t t r On road section o e n e et Parking the town a market charter in 1207. t tre W S e Church
a m It steadily grew in size and Li Toilets y Food & Drink prosperity through the Middle Greenhill Centre throughout town Cross S Ages, largely due to the wool treet Information eet industry. When that declined, Court Str Station Exeter Road the town benefitted from the Ro arrival of the railway and an ad influx of tourists to maintain its Site of Old Station Budleigh Bridge importance. The end of the line Sports and Leisure Centre Lustleigh & Pound Lane Engine House Bovey Tracey to was marked by a 300 feet long A382 Bovey Tracey platform that was mostly covered Ü
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memorabilia. memorabilia.
this special living and working landscape. working and living special this everyone, including railway railway including everyone,
enjoyable experience, stay safe and help us protect protect us help and safe stay experience, enjoyable children were treated to a street party. street a to treated were children is something to interest interest to something is
Make your trip to Dartmoor National Park an an Park National Dartmoor to trip your Make bands played and over 2,000 men, women and and women men, 2,000 over and played bands in Bovey Tracey. There There Tracey. Bovey in
In Moretonhampstead the streets were decorated, decorated, were streets the Moretonhampstead In the old station buildings buildings station old the
Stay Safe and enjoy Dartmoor enjoy and Safe Stay
turned out along the route to see this new spectacle. spectacle. new this see to route the along out turned Centre can be found in in found be can Centre
26th June 1866. Excitement was great and people people and great was Excitement 1866. June 26th Bovey Tracey Heritage Heritage Tracey Bovey
The line was completed and formally opened on on opened formally and completed was line The
1964. Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead. Moretonhampstead. to Abbot Newton from The Lustleigh Society or Amazon or Society Lustleigh The from Victorians
between Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead in in Moretonhampstead and Tracey Bovey between entrepreneurs met together to plan a line from from line a plan to together met entrepreneurs In the Footsteps of the the of Footsteps the In book the purchase can You
traffic in March 1959, before closing completely completely closing before 1959, March in traffic In August 1858, a number of local landowners and and landowners local of number a 1858, August In www.lustleigh-society.org.uk Lustleigh.
was seen as no longer economic, closing to passenger passenger to closing economic, longer no as seen was
Vestry, Old The Archive, Community Lustleigh •
The coming of the railway the of coming The
As road transport increased in popularity, the line line the popularity, in increased transport road As
Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9GP TQ13 Tracey, Bovey
Old Railway Station at St John’s Lane, Lane, John’s St at Station Railway Old
(The Western Times reported in 1866). in reported Times Western (The further afield. further
the in based Centre, Heritage Tracey Bovey The •
Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway” Devon South and Moretonhampstead opportunities for local people to work and visit visit and work to people local for opportunities
Postbridge or Princetown or Postbridge
fails to make acquaintance with the route of the the of route the with acquaintance make to fails into the Valley, while the railway offered new new offered railway the while Valley, the into
Haytor, at Centres Visitor Park National •
Devon will have seen the choicest of its beauties who who beauties its of choicest the seen have will Devon charabancs. Affluent new residents also moved moved also residents new Affluent charabancs.
www.dartmoor.gov.uk/wrayvalley
Cleave and the surrounding area. “No tourist in lovely lovely in tourist “No area. surrounding the and Cleave excursions onto the Moor via horse-drawn horse-drawn via Moor the onto excursions
website Story Dartmoor The •
colours, clear air and restful atmosphere of Lustleigh Lustleigh of atmosphere restful and air clear colours, enterprising hoteliers and innkeepers organised organised innkeepers and hoteliers enterprising
However, artists and writers were inspired by the the by inspired were writers and artists However, Dartmoor became fashionable with tourists, and and tourists, with fashionable became Dartmoor
Dartmoor by visiting by Dartmoor
about the Victorians on on Victorians the about landscape. landscape. in for domestic and industrial use. industrial and domestic for in
You can discover more more discover can You
to avoid the perceived dangers inherent in the the in inherent dangers perceived the avoid to enabled coal and other commodities to be brought brought be to commodities other and coal enabled
area were recommended to employ a guide in order order in guide a employ to recommended were area Pottery grew in size and importance, and the railway railway the and importance, and size in grew Pottery
Find out more out Find
whose curiosity led them to explore this mysterious mysterious this explore to them led curiosity whose a much wider market. Businesses such as the Bovey Bovey the as such Businesses market. wider much a
and desolate place rarely visited by outsiders. Those Those outsiders. by visited rarely place desolate and such as timber, livestock and agricultural produce to to produce agricultural and livestock timber, as such
correspond to the numbered story. numbered the to correspond
For centuries, Dartmoor was considered a remote remote a considered was Dartmoor centuries, For The line provided a means of transporting goods goods transporting of means a provided line The
the numbered waymarkers along the route which which route the along waymarkers numbered the
each related by a different character. Look for for Look character. different a by related each The impact on the Wray Valley Wray the on impact The Victorian Dartmoor Victorian
of their stories. There are eight tracks to download, download, to tracks eight are There stories. their of
trail to your phone or mp3 player to discover some some discover to player mp3 or phone your to trail A full head of steam at Lustleigh Station Lustleigh at steam of head full A
people who visited the moor. Download the audio audio the Download moor. the visited who people
people who lived and worked in the area and the the and area the in worked and lived who people
The railway would have had a huge impact on those those on impact huge a had have would railway The
Audio Trail Audio
Tales from the Rails Rails the from Tales
others.
and hilly, so please take extra care and consider consider and care extra take please so hilly, and
is an on-road section in Lustleigh, which is narrow narrow is which Lustleigh, in section on-road an is
and past the picturesque village of Lustleigh. There There Lustleigh. of village picturesque the past and
railway line through the National Trust Parke Estate Estate Parke Trust National the through line railway
Tracey to Moretonhampstead follows the dismantled dismantled the follows Moretonhampstead to Tracey
A 7 mile (11km) mainly traffic-free route from Bovey Bovey from route traffic-free mainly (11km) mile 7 A
the remnants of the railway. the of remnants the
of the Victorians. If you look carefully you can see see can you carefully look you If Victorians. the of
using the trail you will be travelling in the footsteps footsteps the in travelling be will you trail the using
Enjoy the quiet beauty of the Wray Valley Trail. By By Trail. Valley Wray the of beauty quiet the Enjoy Out on the Trail the on Out
Places along the Trail Starting the trail BOVEY TRACEY The best place to start the Wray Valley Trail is from Dartmoor Story The little market town is known as Moretonhampstead or Bovey Tracey. one of the gateways to Dartmoor and is at the southern end of From Bovey Tracey there is a large car park at Station the Wray Valley Trail. The station Road, (TQ13 9SB). The trail starts from opposite building has been well-preserved the car park and goes through Mill Marsh Park Exploring the and is now a Heritage Centre. and heads gently up hill towards Lustleigh and The railway greatly enhanced the Moretonhampstead wealth of the town, not only by Wray Valley Trail
increasing the number of visitors Moretonhampstead
but by providing the means for Ü ne FurzleighLane La A gh M u The Bovey Pottery and other 3 Tro 8 a
2 r local businesses to distribute their y e S n products to the wider world. tr a ee L t e b ast Street m Monks Way E LUSTLEIGH PARKE oo Hind St t C e The village is small and e r B t r
S a picturesque with a fine medieval d e le r BOVEY TRACEY y church, thatched cottages and a Mill Marsh o R Station Road Park F L o picture-postcard inn. Lustleigh e Molay Littry W a B3387 a d y nestles in the wooded valley of KEY Newton Road the Wray Brook, an area once Wray Valley Trail River Bovey B3344 extensively farmed. The station On road section brought tourists to visit the village Toilets and the ‘far-famed’ Lustleigh Parking Stover Trail & Cleave, situated to the west of Information NewtonÜ Abbot Food & Drink the village in a parallel valley. The throughout town railway gave new opportunities for local people to work in local Alternatively start at Moretonhampstead and use Court towns, to make shopping trips and Street Car Park (TQ13 8LG). The trail is signposted from to go on day trips to the coast. It there, down Pound Street into Pound Lane. The Wray also enabled Micaceous Haematite Valley links up with the Stover Trail and is part of the (“Shining Ore”) to be exported National Cycle Network route number 28 from nearby Kelly Mine. MORETONHAMPSTEAD MORETONHAMPSTEAD KEY In return for an annual rent of one Fo Wray Valley Trail B r d e S Wray Brook sparrowhawk, King John granted t t t r On road section o e n e et Parking the town a market charter in 1207. t tre W S e Church
a m It steadily grew in size and Li Toilets y Food & Drink prosperity through the Middle Greenhill Centre throughout town Cross S Ages, largely due to the wool treet Information eet industry. When that declined, Court Str Station Exeter Road the town benefitted from the Ro arrival of the railway and an ad influx of tourists to maintain its Site of Old Station Budleigh Bridge importance. The end of the line Sports and Leisure Centre Lustleigh & Pound Lane Engine House Bovey Tracey to was marked by a 300 feet long A382 Bovey Tracey platform that was mostly covered Ü
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MORETONHAMPSTEAD 8. Moretonhampstead Station A great way to explore to Moretonhampstead Town Centre Ü (see map on back page) this wooded Dartmoor valley following in 8 the footsteps of the Victorians who built When the railway reached the town in 1866, people travelled in great excitement from across the surrounding area to see the railway. the arrival of the special train drawn by the locomotive ‘Lion’, which was decorated with flowers and foliage for the occasion. A large street party was organised, with tea and cake provided for 1,250 women and children. A similar number of men and boys were supplied with cider. The station became an important link to Chagford, thanks to the introduction of a horse-drawn omnibus service. 6. Wray Valley Quarrying Share this Space This trail is open to walkers, cyclists and horseriders. 7. Sanduck Woods • Be considerate, polite and courteous • Be aware of others who may not see 7 or hear you • There are on-road sections so keep The East Wray Quarry which opened c.1864, was on the an eye out for motorised traffic hillside above the current A382 road. Its granite
© Totnes image Bank Totnes © stone was used to construct bridges, culverts, Timber from these woods was felled and loaded onto trains in viaducts and station buildings along the line. Stone from this and other quarries in a specially constructed siding near here, leaving each Sunday 6 the valley was also used in the building of by rail, destined for a range of domestic and industrial uses contemporary houses. By 1887 the quarry across the country. In the late 1880s, the wood from local alder had been taken over by a local man, William trees was harvested to produce clog soles for use by industrial Painter. His son Scott, landlord of the ‘operatives’ in Lancashire. In one year alone, some 84,000 pairs Cleave Hotel, Lustleigh was also were made. The clog soles were dried on site for several weeks, a foreman at the Quarry. and then exported by train to Manchester. 5
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On road section K renamed Pullabrook Halt in 1955, after a nearby farm. However, n o Toilets w the line closed to the public in 1959, when passenger traffic was le Food & Drink R d Access Point no longer considered to be economic. Yeo Bridge 3 River Bovey Tales from the Rails Audio Trail 1. Bovey Tracey © John Alsop
Lustleigh is said to be the village of everyone’s imagining. In common with the other places on the line, the opening of the line in 1866 was a cause for celebration: there was traditional feasting, sports, and entertainments, including donkey racing, foot races, wrestling, and dancing. The coming of the railway eased travel to the rest of Devon for residents both for work and pleasure; it supported commuting and saw an increasing number of visitors arrive. It ushered in a The Moretonhampstead & South Devon Railway opened in new era as Victorian technology, commerce and ideas flowed 1866, contributing to the expansion of Bovey’s large potteries, into the Wray valley. brick works and its local shops and services. It made it easier 2 to distribute the Wray Valley’s industrial and farm produce to markets nationwide and also brought new affluent residents 2. Parke House and a growing number of tourists. Enterprising hoteliers, such as 1 Mr J L Joll, provided horse-drawn carriage trips onto Dartmoor, The impressive Parke House is now headquarters for Dartmoor followed by tea (‘meat or plain’) at the Dolphin Hotel. National Park Authority. It was built in 1826 by Mr William Hole III, replacing an existing house on the site. Mr Hole contributed BOVEY TRACEY to local civic life and was an advocate for the new railway. Parke Ü Estate is owned and managed by the National Trust. While every care has been taken to trace and acknowledge copyright, to Newton Abbot the publishers tender their apologies for any accidental infringement where copyright has proved untraceable. via the Stover Trail
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