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Chagford
Town in Devon, England

Chagford

Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles (6 km) west of Moretonhampstead.

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The name is derived from chag, meaning gorse or broom, and the ford suffix indicates its importance as a crossing place. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,539, which was slightly more than the 1,449 recorded at the 2011 census.

Get in

Getting to Chagford

Dartline 173: 2 buses each day each way Exeter to Moretonhampstead 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Moretonhampstead on the A382 turn left into B3206 to Chagford. Chagford long-stay carpark is at Stableyard, New Street TQ13. The Two Moors Way passes through Chagford.

See

Worth seeing

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    Spinsters' Rock

    A dolmen with a rock roof supported by three rocks.

Do

Things to do

Chagword Literary Festival,. Held in March in the Jubilee Hall and Chagford Primary School. Chagstock, organiser@chagstock.info. Music festival held in July.

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    Meldon Hill

    390 m (1,280 ft) high.

Eat

Where to eat

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    The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant

    6 The Square, TQ13 8AB, saravincent14@gmail.com.

How locals move

Getting around Chagford the local way

  • Get inBrittany Ferries carry vehicles and foot passengers to Plymouth from Roscoff, Saint-Malo (both France), or Santander (Spain).
  • Get inPoole in Dorset is by road from Exeter, and receives Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg (France) and Condor Ferries from Saint Helier (Jersey).
  • Get inThe other English Channel ferry ports are within a few hours' drive of Devon.

From Wikivoyage: Devon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

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