Independent Trails: Fact File DARW1

Dartmoor Way

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 84 miles (135km)
Duration: 7 nights, 6 walking days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 12 miles (19km)/16 miles (25.5km).
Season: March to October
Starting point of holiday: Buckfastleigh
End of holiday: Buckfastleigh
Tour code: DARW1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Buckfastleigh.

Day 2: Buckfastleigh to Bovey Tracey. 12 miles (19km).

Day 3: Bovey Tracey to Chagford. 16 miles (25.5km).

Day 4: Chagford to Okehampton. 13 miles (21km).

Day 5: Okehampton to Mary Tavy. 14¹/₄ miles (23km).

Day 6: Mary Tavy to Princetown. 15 miles (24km).

Day 7: Princetown to Buckfastleigh. 13³/₄ miles (22km).

Day 8: Depart Buckfastleigh.

What's included?

• 7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
• Traditional cooked breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer.
• Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient railway station: Totnes

Onward travel: There is a regular bus service from Totnes railway station to Buckfastleigh operated by First Buses (Service 165). The journey takes approximately 38 minutes.

The South Devon Steam Railway links Totnes and Buckfastleigh (May to September). The journey takes about 25 minutes.

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