Wistman's Wood

Wistman's Wood

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Wistman's Wood

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Dartmoor National Park

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Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

Tips

October 9, 2018

Hiking

Wistman’s Wood is like a fairytale scene. Nestling in a moorland cleft, the atmospheric dwarf oak woodland is filled with jumbled boulders and everything is covered in thick and otherworldly …

Dominiek Van Dooren

October 14, 2022

Hiking

A mysterious forest? It seems like. You better not visit this under a bright sun. With some fog and on a drizzly day, this oak forest full of large stones covered with all kinds of mosses will seem mysterious.

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David

April 30, 2018

Hiking

These Ancient Oak woodlands are steeped in folklore and gave rise to Sherlock Holme's Hounds of Baskerville. Spend a night if the woods if you dare! Realistically there is nowhere to sleep in the woods as the woodland is established in a boulder field but it is still worth a visit in the dark!

Another similar woodland is found in the North West corner of Dartmoor called Black-a-Tor Copse near Meldon Reservoir.

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Wistman's Wood & Beardown Tor loop from Two Bridges

8.31km

02:20

170m

Embark on a moderate 5.2-mile (8.3 km) hike through Dartmoor's unique landscape, gaining 556 feet (170 metres) of elevation over approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. You will wander through…

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