Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park

Name: Burrator Reservoir
Address: Dartmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park

Top attraction, Archaeological site, Reservoir

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Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park

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Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is one of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of Plymouth and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands. ()

Coordinates: 50°29'56"N, 4°2'10"W

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Day trips

Burrator Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: HM Prison Dartmoor, Cuckoo Rock, Church of St Michael, Dartmoor Way.

3.9 miNE
History museum, Museum
HM Prison Dartmoor, Princetown
100 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.
1.7 miE
Rock
Cuckoo Rock, Meavy
44 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.
3.7 miNE
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael, Princetown
95 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.
7.2 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Dartmoor Way, Dartmoor National Park
183 min walk • The Dartmoor Way is a long-distance footpath and cycle route centred on the Dartmoor National Park in southern Devon, England.
2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crazywell Pool, Princetown
51 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.
3.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
North Hessary Tor, Princetown
96 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.
1.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Down Tor, Princetown
39 min walk • Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.
2.4 miE
Archaeological site
Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor National Park
62 min walk • Drizzlecombe or Thrushelcombe is an area of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England, containing a number of Bronze Age stone rows, cairns and menhirs. There are three principal stone rows each with an associated barrow and terminal menhir. Most of the artifacts are on the southwest slope of Hartor Hill.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Vixen Tor, Princetown
93 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.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Trowlesworthy Tor, Dartmoor National Park
75 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.
2.5 miW
Museum, Art museum
Yelverton Paperweight Centre, Dartmoor National Park
64 min walk • 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.