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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
North Hessary Tor transmitting station
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Standing on the summit of North Hessary Tor in Devon, England is an FM radio and television transmitter which uses antennas on a 196 metres high guyed mast. North Hessary Tor transmitting station is situated 2,800 feet west of HM Prison Dartmoor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Princetown and Lower Cherrybrook Bridge.
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.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge
Locality
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge is a locality, which is situated 3 miles east of HM Prison Dartmoor.
Huckworthy
Hamlet
Huckworthy is a small hamlet on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. With just 11 houses in a steep valley the hamlet epitomizes the rural wilds of the area. Huckworthy is situated 4 miles southwest 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
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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”
- Romanian: “Închisoarea Dartmoor”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Exercise yard for G and F wings and American Prisoner of War Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “HM Prison Dartmoor”. Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.