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The Dartmoor Way is a long-distance footpath and cycle route centred on the Dartmoor National Park in southern Devon, England. [1] The loop route of approximately 84 miles (135 km) that encompasses upland and moorland walking, deep Devon lanes, and also passes through towns and villages such as Okehampton, Chagford, Moretonhampstead, Buckfastleigh, Princetown and Tavistock.
The route does not go over the northern part of Dartmoor as this is the Dartmoor Training Area though many walkers competent at navigating with map and compass make their own route here when there is no live firing (which is publicised 6 weeks in advance, and occurs on about 120 days a year) [3] and rejoin the Two Moors Way in mid-Devon.
The Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route is a 99-mile waymarked route from Ilfracombe in north Devon to Plymouth in south Devon. [2] [3] It skirts the National Parks of both Exmoor and Dartmoor and incorporates part of the Tarka Trail in the north, The Granite Way from Okehampton to Lydford and Drake's Trail from Tavistock to Plymouth. [4]
The remains of the line near King's Tor, nearby to Foggintor Quarry and Princetown. The Princetown Railway was a 10¼ mile single track branch railway line in Devon, England, that ran from Yelverton on the Plymouth to Tavistock line, to Princetown via four intermediate stations, Dousland, Burrator and Sheepstor Halt, Ingra Tor Halt and King Tor Halt.
The Dartmoor line is a 15 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (24.9 km) railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton , the line runs alongside the Tarka Line to the site of the former Coleford Junction where it diverges west to Okehampton .
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The Granite Way is a route of 18 km (11 miles) consisting mainly of a motor traffic-free cycle/walkway between Okehampton (near the railway station) and Lydford. It was built by Devon County Council [ 1 ] (DCC) and is part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 27 ‘ Devon Coast to Coast’ between Ilfracombe and Plymouth . [ 2 ]
A section of the Trail is part of National Cycle Network route number 27 and forms part of the route known as the Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route a route of 99 miles (159 km) [2] from Ilfracombe to Plymouth largely using former railway lines. The Tarka Trail crossing the River Torridge, just south of Bideford, utilising the former railway bridge.