OP16

OP16 is a bunker in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. OP16 is situated nearby to the spring East Okement Head, as well as near OP9 (ruins).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include High Willhays and Yes Tor.

High Willhays

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England. High Willhays is situated 2 miles west of OP16.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet. Yes Tor is situated 2 miles northwest of OP16.

Hangingstone Hill

Peak

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hangingstone Hill is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Cut Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the southwest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Belstone.

Rowtor Target Railway

Locality

Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 2 miles northwest of OP16.