Holming Beam

Holming Beam is a parking area in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Holming Beam is situated nearby to the military installation Field Telephone Connection, as well as near the peak Beardown Tors.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dartmoor National Park and Beardown Tors.

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.

Beardown Tors

Peak

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Beardown Tors is the 14th highest summit of Dartmoor with a height of 513 metres.

Wistman’s Wood

Deciduous forest

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Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's most famous ancient temperate rainforests and one of only a few remote remaining high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Two Bridges and Princetown.

Two Bridges

Hamlet

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Two Bridges is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is situated around 2.5 km northeast of Princetown at the intersection of the two roads that cross Dartmoor: one is the old turnpike road which was built across Dartmoor in the late 18th century; the other is the B3357.

Princetown

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Princetown is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park. At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.