Meldon Quarry, Dartmoor National Park

Name: Meldon Quarry
Address: Dartmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#50 among attractions in Dartmoor National Park

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Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway. It was privatised in 1994. ()

Coordinates: 50°42'57"N, 4°1'33"W

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Meldon Quarry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Okehampton Castle, Lydford Castle, Finch Foundry, Museum of Dartmoor Life.

1.3 miNE
Forts and castles, View point, Ruins
Okehampton Castle, Dartmoor National Park
33 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.
6.2 miSW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Lydford Castle, Dartmoor National Park
158 min walk • Lydford Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lydford, Devon, England. The first castle in Lydford, sometimes termed the Norman fort, was a small ringwork built in a corner of the Anglo-Saxon fortified burh in the years after the Norman conquest of England.
4.5 miE
Historical and heritage tours, Tours, Museum
Finch Foundry, Okehampton
115 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.
1.9 miNE
History museum, Museum
Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton
48 min walk • The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum.
0.4 miSW
Bridge
Meldon Viaduct, Dartmoor National Park
11 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 miS
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.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
High Willhays, Dartmoor National Park
57 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.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cosdon Hill, Dartmoor National Park
105 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.
6.4 miSW
50°38'25"N • 4°6'41"W
Lydford Gorge, Tavistock
164 min walk • Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
3.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Amicombe Hill, Dartmoor National Park
83 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.
1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yes Tor, Dartmoor National Park
43 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.

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How to get to Meldon Quarry by public transport?

The nearest stations to Meldon Quarry:

Train

Meldon Viaduct (7 min walk)