Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor National Park

Name: Hangingstone Hill
Address: Dartmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#47 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Hangingstone Hill, is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Cut Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the southwest. ()

Elevation: 1978 ftProminence: 157 ftCoordinates: 50°39'30"N, 3°57'28"W

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Hangingstone Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Warren House Inn, Okehampton Castle, Finch Foundry, Meldon Viaduct.

4.8 miSE
Nightlife, Restaurant
Warren House Inn, Dartmoor National Park
122 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.
5.5 miNW
Forts and castles, View point, Ruins
Okehampton Castle, Dartmoor National Park
140 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 miN
Historical and heritage tours, Tours, Museum
Finch Foundry, Okehampton
132 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.
5.1 miNW
Bridge
Meldon Viaduct, Dartmoor National Park
129 min walk • Meldon Viaduct carried the London & South Western Railway across the West Okement River at Meldon on Dartmoor in Devon, South West England.
4.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Brat Tor, Lydford
123 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Willhays, Dartmoor National Park
77 min walk • 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.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cosdon Hill, Dartmoor National Park
90 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.
3.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Gidleigh Castle, Dartmoor National Park
92 min walk • Gidleigh Castle was the manor house of the manor of Gidleigh on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, about two miles north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon, England.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Amicombe Hill, Dartmoor National Park
82 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.
4.9 miSE
Bridge
Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park
125 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.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yes Tor, Dartmoor National Park
86 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.