Parking
Bellever Forest car park is the mapped start. All-terrain mobility scooter hire is available at Postbridge Visitor Centre.
Overview
About Cycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest
Why go
- A mostly surfaced forest circuit passes Bellever’s archaeological features.
Heads up
- A short unsurfaced bridleway section is rougher than the gravel roads.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation318–386 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
2 active Dartmoor alerts
- CautionDartmoor military firing restricts accessDo not cross the Okehampton, Willsworthy or Merrivale training-range boundaries when warning signals are displayed.Official details
- CautionAccess restriction at Huccaby FarmAccess to CROW Access Land at Huccaby Farm in the West Dart River Valley is subject to a current restriction notice.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dartmoor Tour Guide
Your drive to Cycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest, narrated.
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.
Recorded for this trailhead
Bellever Forest and the East Dart0:00 / 0:31
“You're nearing Bellever Forest, where a short surfaced path from the village car park reaches picnic spots beside the East Dart.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Dartmoor Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- When Forest Meant Hunting Ground
- Postbridge: Stone Crossing and Bronze Age Finds
- Bellever's Way of the Dead
- The Bear Skin in the Peat
- 298 audio storiesacross Dartmoor’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Western Roe Deer, Red Fox, European Rabbit, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 54 trails, 59 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Cycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest
A low-key forest loopThis 2.4-mile (3.
This 2.4-mile (3.9 km) circular route runs through Bellever Forest on mostly surfaced forest roads. It passes archaeological features and follows the Lych Way for a short stretch before looping back. This is a good outing for a couple of unhurried hours in the woods; it is more about the forest and its traces of past use than a summit view. Allow about 1½ hours. Walkers, cyclists and all-terrain mobility scooters can use the route.
What the track is likeMost of the circuit is surfaced gravel or forest road.
Most of the circuit is surfaced gravel or forest road. A flat but unsurfaced bridleway section interrupts it partway round, so the surface changes for a while. The route returns to its starting car park. This is a mixed-surface loop, not a smooth paved path throughout.
Starting pointBegin at Bellever Forest car park.
Begin at Bellever Forest car park. All-terrain mobility scooter hire is available at Postbridge Visitor Centre, a separate stop. Toilets are available at the forest car park and visitor centre, and picnic tables sit by the forest lot. Dogs are allowed.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Dartmoor
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.
