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Gateway www.chagford-parish.co.uk to www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk Dartmoor “The Jewel In A Granite Setting” Chagford District Business This leaflet has been sponsored by Association Dartmoor National Park - Local Information Centres PRINCETOWN: Open daily all year. 01822 890414 HATEVER THE TIME OF POSTBRIDGE: On B3212. Seasonal 01822 880272 YEAR Chagford is an ideal HAYTOR: Lower car park. Seasonal 01364 661520 Brochure produced by Chagford Business Association. Wholiday destination. Photographs copyright Wendy Mee except where stated A lively and strong social spirit amongst its TRANSPORT Please use public transport if possible. Nearest railway stations are at people ensuring an active calendar of events Exeter and Newton Abbot. Buses also connect Chagford with for all ages to enjoy throughout the year. Okehampton, Exeter, Newton Abbot and Torbay. Cycles may be hired. PHONE TRAVELINE 0870 608 2608 Stone Cross at Week Down © Chris Chapman ARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK © Tracey Elliot-Reep Spinsters is one of the few truly wild and Rock • UBS AND HOTELS Mythic • natural areas left in Britain. Dartmoor Garden • Castle Drogo Chagford boasts superb pubs and D Way Cycle Over 200 square miles of beautiful moorland GIDLEIGH Route hotels, each with its own particular • Fingle Bridge P peppered with historical sites, such as character. They offer excellent food and Grimspound dating from about 1500 BC, accommodation and visitors are assured a and dramatic tors, presenting challenging warm welcome from staff and locals who terrain for the adventurous.A myriad of can provide that extra special angle on the footpaths through spectacular scenery can town’s history and its characters. MORETONHAMPSTEAD Kestor also be explored by those simply wanting an • enjoyable ramble. Rock • Bovey Castle Hotel • Grimspound Peter Randall-Page sculpture HE RIVER TEIGN runs through HOPPING Chagford. Fingle Bridge, a The shopping facilities in Chagford Tfavourite beauty spot, can be Smirror the vitality of the town; it has reached by an enchanting riverside walk everything you need in the way of food and where, if you’re lucky, you will see salmon everyday requirements plus the services of leaping. chemist, doctor, vet, banks and post office. Bowdens and Webbers shops are Chagford institutions, having been in existence for over 100 years. They are known locally as “the shops that have everything”. The Square and surrounding streets are the perfect places to browse amongst a variety of shops selling antiques, art, clothes and unusual gifts. RTSRTS AND AND CRAFTS CRAFTS Castle Drogo © Tracey Elliot-Reep There are art galleries in the ASTLE DROGO, owned by the ASquare and you can visit local National Trust, and the last castle potters and basket makers. Many artists Cto be built in England, is nearby. and crafts people choose to live in the There is an abundance of wildlife: you can area, and pride is taken in using local see wild deer and have buzzards circling materials from sustainable sources. overhead while you walk. There is a strong, ecologically sensitive ATING OUT community within Chagford which is an OU CAN FISH for trout in a Whether you want a relaxing important influence on the character of moorland stream, the River Teign,or Ebreakfast, a quick lunch or a special the town. Yenjoy the tranquillity of Fernworthy dinner, you can find them all within a few Reservoir, a vast stretch of water high on minutes of the Square. Dartmoor. Nature has a wonderful way of Home cooked, organically - and often local replenishing the spirit and relaxing the body - grown fare is available. Enjoy coffee and and Chagford is at the heart of it all. croissants in the open air and watch the Chagford is the perfect base for the horse world go by or, for an extra special evening, rider, cyclist, photographer, walker, visit one of the international award winning naturalist, historian, fisherman or golfer. restaurants. There are tennis courts, a bowling green and an open air swimming pool that is fed by river water.A superb sports field provides county quality cricket and football pitches, set against the spectacular backdrop of Meldon Hill..