Devonport Leat, Princetown

Name: Devonport Leat
Address: Princetown, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Princetown

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The Devonport Leat is a leat in Devon constructed in the 1790s to carry fresh drinking water from the high ground of Dartmoor to the expanding dockyards at Plymouth Dock. ()

Coordinates: 50°34'49"N, 3°57'43"W

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Princetown United Kingdom

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Devonport Leat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Warren House Inn, HM Prison Dartmoor, Church of St Michael, Dartmoor Way.

4.4 miNE
Nightlife, Restaurant
Warren House Inn, Dartmoor National Park
113 min walk • The Warren House Inn is a remote and isolated public house in the heart of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is the highest pub in southern England at 1,425 feet above sea level.
2.6 miSW
History museum, Museum
HM Prison Dartmoor, Princetown
66 min walk • HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor.
2.8 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael, Princetown
72 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Michael in Princetown, Devon, England was built between 1810 and 1814. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.1 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Dartmoor Way, Dartmoor National Park
54 min walk • The Dartmoor Way is a long-distance footpath and cycle route centred on the Dartmoor National Park in southern Devon, England.
4.5 miS
Memorial
Childe's Tomb, Princetown
116 min walk • Childe's Tomb is a granite cross on Dartmoor, Devon, England. Although not in its original form, it is more elaborate than most of the crosses on Dartmoor, being raised upon a constructed base, and it is known that a kistvaen is underneath.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crazywell Pool, Princetown
120 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.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Combestone Tor, Dartmoor National Park
128 min walk • Combestone Tor is a granite tor on Dartmoor, England. It is 356 metres above sea level. The tor is considered a popular destination for tourists.
2.4 miNE
Bridge
Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park
62 min walk • Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Mis Tor, Princetown
80 min walk • Great Mis Tor is a hill with a rocky outcrop situated in Dartmoor. It has been called one of the grandest hills in Devon, and lies above the River Walkham, about 4 miles north-east of Princetown.
2.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bellever Tor, Dartmoor National Park
55 min walk • Bellever Tor is a granite tor in the centre of Dartmoor, England. It provides panoramic 360 degree views and is located near Bellever Forest and the popular village of Bellever. There are numerous Kists and Cairn Circles on its slopes.
2.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
North Hessary Tor, Princetown
74 min walk • North Hessary Tor is a 517 metres hill just above Dartmoor Prison, in Princetown within Dartmoor Forest civil parish, which is in the borough of West Devon, Devon, England.