Campground · Dartmoor National Park
A quiet, no-hookups base for simple nights on the moor.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dartmoor Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dartmoor National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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The Bear Skin in the Peat“One of Dartmoor's most remarkable finds came out of a stone burial box on Whitehorse Hill. Archaeologists opened it in twenty eleven as peat erosion threatened to break it apart.”
Plays on the road 0.3 km from Runnage Farm Campsite in the Parkwolf Dartmoor Tour Guide.
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Guide
Runnage Farm Campsite is a small, informal tent and small-campervan site on a 220-acre working beef-and-sheep farm near Postbridge. Its unmarked grass fields sit beside the river, with open moorland walking from the gate. The Coaker family has worked the farm since 1843, and the setting feels like a lived-in farm rather than a holiday park.
Choose it for quiet, direct access to the moor and a proper off-grid feel. Pitches are non-electric and the ground can be uneven or wet after rain, so this suits campers happy to pick their own patch and live with basic facilities. Phone reception is limited. It is a good base for walking, but not a polished, amenity-heavy campsite.
Shared toilets and showers, a washing-up area and drinking water are listed for campers, with camping barns and a bunkhouse on the wider property. Book ahead and confirm availability before travelling. The appeal is the farm setting and space to spread out, not a long list of resort facilities; there is no electric hookup and no marked pitch layout.
Wildlife
32 sightingsWestern Roe DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
37 sightingsEuropean RabbitMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
19 sightingsGrey HeronMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
34 sightingsGreat Spotted WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
20 sightingsCommon RavenMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Dartmoor. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingGunpowder Trail to Powdermills6.1 km · 2.5 hr · 2.2 km awayA rough moorland walk to Devon’s only gunpowder works ruins.
ModerateThe Lych Way20.1 km · 6.8 hr · 2.3 km awayA full-day moor crossing to an old church, with river fords.
EasyBellever Forest Easy Access Trail0.6 km · 15 min · 2.3 km awayA level forest path reaches a picnic spot on the East Dart.
EasyCycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest3.9 km · 1.5 hr · 2.3 km awayA forest loop with archaeology on mostly surfaced tracks
ChallengingFernworthy Reservoir to Winney’s Down12 km · 6.5 hr · 4.7 km awayA full day crossing wet moor to a peat cutters’ shelter.
EasyPotter's Walk1.2 km · 45 min · 4.8 km awayA gentle reservoir loop past the dam and Bronze Age hut circles.
ModerateHexworthy Walk5 km · 2.5 hr · 6.7 km awayFarmsteads, tin-mill ruins and one proper moorland climb.
EasyHound Tor Walk1 km · 30 min · 7.1 km awayA short rocky climb to a granite tor with open moor views.
Restaurant · 1.9 km awayWarren House InnA high-moor pub with deep roots in tin mining.
Sight · 2 km awayPostbridge Clapper BridgeA granite clapper bridge still carries walkers over the East Dart.
Visitor center · 2.2 km awayNational Park Visitor Centre, PostbridgeA Bronze Age burial survived in peat with beads and fur intact.
Sight · 2.3 km awayBellever ForestRiverside picnics, working woodland and Bronze Age remains.
Sight · 3.6 km awayBellever TorA rocky summit walk past hut circles to an open-moor view.
Sight · 3.7 km awayGrimspoundA Bronze Age village ringed by a 150-metre stone wall.
Sight · 4.9 km awayFernworthy ReservoirAn easy reservoir walk with Bronze Age remains and quiet water views
Sight · 4.9 km awayGrey Wethers Stone CirclesTwo Bronze Age circles make a figure eight on the moorParkwolf’s Dartmoor ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
