'Byleat on Dartmoor' stands by one of the most important ancient cross roads in the West Country
traversed through the millennia since the Phocean Greeks traded with the Celts for tin/copper 600BC.

Dartmoor

The Princetown Dartmoor Tourist Centre
A state of the art information venue covering every aspect of the Moors.

The Dartmoor National Park
The last great wilderness in England.
Awesome granite tors and hidden river valleys.
Rare wild flowers, yellow flowering gorse, purple heather and wild Dartmoor ponies.

The Dartmoor flooded valley of Burrator
One of the most beautiful and spectacular moorland/lakeland landscapes in England.
Fabulous walking throughout a truly magical area of outstanding natural beauty

Buckland Abbey - Burrator - Garden House - Paperweight Museum
All only some 5 minutes away from 'Byleat on Dartmoor'.

National Trust Country Houses Gardens of Devon and Cornwall
&
Venues of General Interest
Castle Drogo - Cotehele - Saltram - Mount Edgecombe
Sharpitor - Coleton Fishacre - Start Point - Slapton Ley

Plymouth
Aquarium - Hoe - Barbican - Pymouth Gin Distillery - Harbour/River Trips - Theatres

The Eden Project & The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cotehele - Lanhydrock - Trerice - Trellisick - St.Just in Roseland
Glendurgan - Trebah - St.Michael's Mount
The Tate Gallery at St. Ives & The Maritime Museum at Falmouth

Coastline
Many of the finest unspoilt clean bathing beaches in England are within the South Hams
Wonwell Beach on River Erme : Bantham Beach on the River Avon : Thurlestone Beach : Hope Cove
Soar Mill Cove : Salcombe beaches : Blackpool Sands
NB: All these wonderful beaches are linked to The South West Coastal Path
The wild North Devon and Cornish coastline is readily accessible to the North.

Consultancy Tours of selected National Trust Houses and Gardens
We offer a unique consultancy service whereby those seriously interested in buying 17th/18th Century antiques and creating gardens in the English and Mediterranean Manner can visit Cotehele House, Saltram House and Sharpitor Gardens by private arrangement.

Eating out locally
There are a number of excellent venues within easy reach serving good food and wines.
Drake's Manor Inn at Buckland Monachorum, 5 minutes away is a famous ancient hostellerie.
Amongst our famous regional restaurants are: Rick Stein's Fish Restaurant at Padstow, Horn of Plenty by Gunnislake, Dartmoor Inn at Lydford, Christophers + Browns in Tavistock, Two Bridges Hotel, Tanners + Piermaster in Plymouth, Burton Race's New Angel at Dartmouth, Marine at Salcombe and Tresanton at St. Mawes.
(To avoid disappointment early reservations are essential).

 
 
Buckland Abbey
Buckland Abbey
Cotehele
Cotehele
 
 
Burrator Dam
Burrator Dam
The Garden House
The Garden House
 
   
 

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