Horse Hole

Horse Hole is a locality in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Horse Hole is situated nearby to the locality Broad Hole, as well as near Tavy Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dartmoor National Park and Cut Hill.

Dartmoor National Park

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Dartmoor National Park covers a large area of Devon in the West Country of England. It provides opportunities for geocaching, whitewater kayaking and canoeing in the winter months, rock climbing on the granite tors and outcrops, cycling, and angling for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon.

Cut Hill

Peak

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Cut Hill is a hill in the North Dartmoor region of Devon, England. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast. Cut Hill is situated 1½ miles north of Horse Hole.

Wistman’s Wood

Deciduous forest

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Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests and one of three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England. Wistman’s Wood is situated 2 miles south of Horse Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Postbridge and Bellever.

Postbridge

Village

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Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead. Postbridge is situated 3 miles east of Horse Hole.

Bellever

Hamlet

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Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is located on the river East Dart about 2 kilometres south of Postbridge. The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle and ford. Bellever is situated 4 miles southeast of Horse Hole.