Vixen Tor, Princetown

Name: Vixen Tor
Address: Princetown, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Princetown

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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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. ()

Elevation: 984 ftCoordinates: 50°32'59"N, 4°3'33"W

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Princetown United Kingdom

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Vixen Tor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock Town Hall, HM Prison Dartmoor, Burrator Reservoir.

3.8 miW
Church
St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock
97 min walk • St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Tavistock, Devon.
3.7 miW
Historical place, Architecture, Civic center
Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock
96 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.
2.8 miE
History museum, Museum
HM Prison Dartmoor, Princetown
71 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.
3.6 miS
Archaeological site, Reservoir
Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park
93 min walk • Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.
4.3 miSE
Rock
Cuckoo Rock, Meavy
111 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.
2.8 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael, Princetown
71 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.
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crazywell Pool, Princetown
88 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.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Mis Tor, Princetown
54 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.
2.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
North Hessary Tor, Princetown
58 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.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Down Tor, Princetown
98 min walk • Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.
2.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Dartmoor crosses, Princetown
73 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.