HM Prison Dartmoor, Princetown

Name: HM Prison Dartmoor
Address: Tavistock Rd, Princetown, PL20 6RR, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1822 322000

#1 among attractions in Princetown

Top attraction, History museum, Museum

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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. The prison is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, and is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1809 (215 years ago)Coordinates: 50°32'59"N, 3°59'46"W

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Tavistock RdPrincetown PL20 6RR United Kingdom

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+44 1822 322000

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HM Prison Dartmoor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St Michael, North Hessary Tor, Dartmoor crosses, Dartmoor kistvaens.

~1310 ftS
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael, Princetown
7 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.
0.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
North Hessary Tor, Princetown
13 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.
1.2 miN
Archaeological site
Dartmoor crosses, Princetown
31 min walk • The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Many of them are old navigational aids, needed because of the remoteness of the moorland and its typically bad weather.
1.2 miN
Locality
Dartmoor kistvaens, Dartmoor National Park
31 min walk • Dartmoor kistvaens are burial tombs or cists from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, i.e. from c 2500 BC to c 1500 BC. Kistvaens have been found in many places, including Dartmoor, a 954 km² area of moorland in south Devon, England.