High Willhays, Dartmoor National Park
#19 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park


Facts and practical information
High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England. ()
Dartmoor National Park United Kingdom
High Willhays – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Okehampton Castle, Lydford Castle, Finch Foundry, Museum of Dartmoor Life.
3.1 miNForts and castles, View point, RuinsOkehampton Castle, Dartmoor National Park
80 min walk • Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River.
5.2 miSWForts and castles, Romanesque architectureLydford Castle, Dartmoor National Park
132 min walk • Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England.
4.9 miNEHistorical and heritage tours, Tours, MuseumFinch Foundry, Okehampton
124 min walk • Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon, England. It was originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools and at its peak produced around 400 edge-tools a day.
3.7 miNHistory museum, MuseumMuseum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton
95 min walk • The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum.
2.2 miNWBridgeMeldon Viaduct, Dartmoor National Park
56 min walk • Meldon Viaduct carried the London & South Western Railway across the West Okement River at Meldon on Dartmoor in Devon, South West England.
3.4 miSWNeighbourhoodBrat Tor, Lydford
87 min walk • Brat Tor, also known as Brai Tor and Widgery Tor, is a dramatic granite tor on the western flank of Dartmoor, England. It is best known for Widgery Cross, the tallest Dartmoor cross, which stands on its summit. It is, however, not as grand as other neighbouring tors, such as the imposing Great Links Tor and Hare Tor.
3.7 miNENature, Natural attraction, HillCosdon Hill, Dartmoor National Park
96 min walk • Cosdon Hill, also called Cosdon Beacon, or Cawsand Beacon, is one of the highest hills on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It has numerous traces of prehistoric occupation.
5.4 miSW 1.4 miSWNature, Natural attraction, HillAmicombe Hill, Dartmoor National Park
35 min walk • Amicombe Hill, also known as the Devil's Dome, is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 584 metres high, it is the sixth highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor.
0.6 miNNature, Natural attraction, MountainYes Tor, Dartmoor National Park
15 min walk • Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet.
3.5 miNMedieval ruins with scenic picnic spotsOkehampton Castle
90 min walk • Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River.