Yelverton Paperweight Centre, Dartmoor National Park

#56 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park

Museum, Art museum

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Yelverton Paperweight Centre was a paperweight museum and supplier in Leg O'Mutton, a small hamlet near Yelverton, in the English county of Devon. The museum began as the private collection of a Cornish postmaster, and grew to contain over 1,200 items. It was featured in the humorous travel book, More Bollocks to Alton Towers, which suggested that, "Even if you're sceptical when you arrive, you'll be amazed long before you leave". ()

Established: 1978 (46 years ago)Coordinates: 50°29'34"N, 4°5'30"W

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Yelverton Paperweight Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Buckland Abbey, Tavistock Town Hall, Burrator Reservoir, Cuckoo Rock.

2 miSW
Historical place, Garden, Monastery
Buckland Abbey, New Quay
52 min walk • Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National Trust.
4.6 miNW
Historical place, Architecture, Civic center
Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock
117 min walk • Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. Nothing remains of the abbey except the refectory, two gateways and a porch.
2.5 miE
Archaeological site, Reservoir
Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park
64 min walk • Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.
4.2 miE
Rock
Cuckoo Rock, Meavy
107 min walk • Cuckoo Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop in West Devon. It is located to the east of Burrator Reservoir and to the south east of Down Tor, at a height of 362 m. The origin of the name is disputed.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crazywell Pool, Princetown
110 min walk • Crazywell Pool or Crazy Well Pool is a large pond situated about 3 km south of Princetown just off the path between Burrator and Whiteworks on the western side of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid reference SX582705. It is about 100 metres long and has a surface area of about 3,500 square metres.
4.6 miSW
Church
St Andrew's Church, New Quay
117 min walk • St Andrew's Church in Bere Ferrers, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England The church contains the oldest stained-glass window in Devon, dated at 600 years old.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Down Tor, Princetown
101 min walk • Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Vixen Tor, Princetown
107 min walk • Vixen Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England. The tor is on private land and since 2003 access by the public has been banned, causing protests and mass trespassing by hikers and climbers.
3.2 miSW
Park
Lopwell, New Quay
83 min walk • Lopwell is a site of natural beauty situated at the normal tidal limit of the River Tavy, 3 miles from north Plymouth and 7 miles from Tavistock, Devon, England.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Trowlesworthy Tor, Dartmoor National Park
114 min walk • Great Trowlesworthy Tor is a granite tor on the southwestern edge of Dartmoor. It is located near the popular Cadover Bridge and is a popular walking destination. It is common for the Dartmoor Pony and other cattle to be roaming around the tor.
1.4 miSE
Aqueduct
Drake's Leat, Dartmoor National Park
37 min walk • Drake's Leat, also known as Plymouth Leat, was a watercourse constructed in the late 16th century to tap the River Meavy on Dartmoor, England, from which it ran 17.5 miles in order to supply Plymouth with water.