Manaton

Worth seeing in and around Manaton

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Hound Tor

   Hound Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, Devon, England and is a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. It is easily accessible, situated within a few minutes from the B3387 between Bovey Tracey and Widecombe-in-the-Moor.

   2.4 km · tor in Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Becky Falls

   Becky Falls, originally known as Becka Falls, is a tourist attraction in Dartmoor, England, centered on a waterfall of around 20 metres down a boulder-strewn bed. In addition to the waterfall as the centrepiece, there is a woodland park with features such as a children's zoo, woodland trail, and crafts.

   1.4 km · waterfall and tourist attraction in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Jay's Grave

   Jay's Grave is supposedly the last resting place of a suicide victim who is thought to have died in the late 18th century and denied burial within consecrated ground, a standard practice for suicide victims at the time. It has become a well-known landmark on Dartmoor, Devon, in South-West England, and is the subject of local folklore, and several ghost stories.

   2.2 km · archaeological site in Manaton, Teignbridge, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St John the Baptist

   The Church of St John the Baptist is the Church of England parish church of the village of Lustleigh, Devon, located in the centre of the village.

   3.4 km · church in Lustleigh, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bovey Castle

   Bovey Castle, formerly the Manor House Hotel, is a large early 20th-century mansion on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, near Moretonhampstead, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now a hotel with 59 individually designed bedrooms in the hotel and 22 three-storey country lodges nearby.

   3.9 km · country house, now hotel, in North Bovey, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Cardiff (CWL), 92 km · Bristol (BRS), 112 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 246 km

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