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Like to know more about life inside the 200-year-old prison. Visit Dartmoor Prison Museum, just
past the prison entrance. Learn about life inside one of the world’s most famous and notorious
jails. Some of the artefacts and documents on display will surprise you but will certainly enable you
to form an opinion about prison life. Vividly portrayed are more than 200 years of this prison’s
turbulent history ranging from the beginning, when Dartmoor was a Prisoner of War Depot for
French and American prisoners of war, to the later convict era through to today.

Wistman’s Walk which starts just opposite the Two Bridges Hotel. It’s an easy 3 mile walk through
an old, gnarly, lichen-encrusted oak forest. You’ll pick up a footpath to the nature reserve before
climbing Longaford Tor, where there are great views over Dartmoor. You return passing Littaford
Tors and Crockern Tor. There is also a shorter ¼ mile walk.

The Miniature Pony Centre. Particularly appealing if you have small persons at heel and you need
a break from “Are we there yet?”. Go into a paddock and be surrounded by miniature ponies and
tiny foals. But there are also poultry and peacocks, miniature donkeys, rabbits and a couple of
super-size shire horses.

Moreton Hampstead Motor Museum might be of interest if you into automoblia. It’s home to a
collection of over 100 vintage vehicles, from Victorian horse-drawn carts to cars, motorcycles and
light commercial vehicles from pre-1920s to the 1990s. Run by local motoring enthusiast Frank
Loft, the museum is housed in a newly refurbished bus depot. The viewable restoration workshop
makes it more than just a museum.

Buckfastleigh

Buckfast Abbey A community of monks was established at Buckfast before the Norman Conquest.
There is a gap in their presence from 1539 (when the buildings were abandoned due to the
dissolution of the Monasteries) until 1882, when a group of French monks discovered the site and
established a small community.

Today the Abbey is financially self-supporting through the various activities of the monks. The
Abbey produces works of art in pottery, stained glass and carving. Over 150 churches have had
windows designed and made for them by the monks of Buckfast Abbey.

The Abbey is also famous for producing Benedictine honey but their most famous product is the
Buckfast Tonic Wine, made from a secret formula.

You can also stay at the abbey’s Northgate House hotel.

South Devon Valley Railway The South Devon Railway, or SDR, is a
seven mile former Great Western Railway branch line, built in 1872, which
runs along the valley of the River Dart between Buckfastleigh and Totnes.
You’ll ride behind steam trains in heritage rolling stock.

But if you have ever dreamed of being a steam engine driver now’s your
big chance. You can spend a day sharing the driving and firing of the
engine on its run from Buckfastliegh to Totnes.

Buckfastleigh Butterflies and Dartmoor Otters Enjoy and learn about tropical butterflies in the
specially designed habitat of which you become part. You not only see the butterflies but feel the
rainforest atmosphere that they enjoy as you see their amazing life cycle unfold.

In the Otter Sanctuary there are three species of otter to see, the native British otter, the playful
Asian short clawed otters and the large North American river otters who love to show off. Their