HM Prison Dartmoor
HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor.Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in England
- Also known as: “Dartmoor Prison”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Hessary Tor and Princetown Community Primary School.
North Hessary Tor
Peak
Photo: Theroadislong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Hessary Tor is a 517 metres hill just above Dartmoor Prison, in Princetown within Dartmoor Forest civil parish, which is in the borough of West Devon, Devon, England.
Princetown Community Primary School
School
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Princetown Community Primary School is situated 1,800 feet southeast of HM Prison Dartmoor.
Prince Of Wales Hotel
Pub
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prince Of Wales Hotel is a pub, which is situated 1,900 feet southeast of HM Prison Dartmoor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Princetown and Two Bridges.
Princetown
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Two Bridges
Hamlet
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Merrivale
Hamlet
Photo: Alex Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merrivale is a locality in western Dartmoor, in the West Devon district of Devon, England. It is best known for the nearby series of Bronze Age megalithic monuments to the south and a former granite quarry. Merrivale is situated 2½ miles west of HM Prison Dartmoor.
HM Prison Dartmoor
- Categories: HM Prison and government building
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.54962° or 50° 32′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.9961° or 3° 59′ 46″ westOperator
His Majesty’s Prison ServiceOpen location code
9C2RG2X3+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 61885998OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q5635157
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Satellite Map
Discover HM Prison Dartmoor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Romanian—“HM Prison Dartmoor” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “HM Prison Dartmoor”
- Dutch: “HM Prison Dartmoor”
- French: “prison du Dartmoor”
- French: “Prison du Dartmoor”
- German: “Dartmoor Gefängnis”
- German: “Dartmoor Prison”
- German: “HM Prison Dartmoor”
- German: “HMP Dartmoor”
- German: “Prison Dartmoor”
- Hebrew: “כלא דרטמור”
- Japanese: “ダートムア監獄”
- Japanese: “ダートモール刑務所”
- Polish: “HMP Dartmoor”
- Portuguese: “Prisão de Dartmoor”
- Romanian: “Închisoarea Dartmoor”
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Highlights include Exercise yard for G and F wings and American Prisoner of War Cemetery.
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