Independent Trails: Fact File.TMWD1

The Two Moors Way - Dartmoor

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Trail Facts

Total distance: 48 miles (77km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 7 miles (11km)/14 miles (22.5km)
Season: April to November
Starting point of holiday: Ivybridge
End of holiday: Morchard Bishop
Code: TMWD1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Ivybridge where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Ivybridge to Holne. 13 miles (21km).

Day 3: Holne to Widecombe-in-the-Moor. 7 miles (11km).

Day 4: Widecombe-in-the-Moor to Drewsteignton. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 5: Drewsteignton to Morchard Bishop. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 6: Depart from Morchard Bishop after breakfast

Extra nights/Rest days

Holne is an idyllic village. Charles Kingsley, author of The Water Babies and Westward Ho! was born in the vicarage and a window commemorates him in the village church. Widecombe-in-the-Moor is another lovely village with a superb church dating from the 14th century. Don't miss the beautiful painted roodscreen and carved one-eared rabbits above the communion rail. Drewsteignton is a good choice if you would like to explore Castle Drogo, a remarkable castle built by Sir Edward Lutyens between 1910 and 1930.

What's included

• 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses and farmhouse B&B's.
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• A set of maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed 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 major city and International airports: London

Outward journey from London to Ivybridge: There is a regular train service from London Waterloo to Ivybridge. The journey takes about 5 hours 20 minutes.

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Train from Morchard Road to London Paddington (approximately 4 hours).

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