Parking
Use Gutter Tor Car Park beside the Scout Hut, west of Sheepstor, at the end of the narrow lane. The lot is small and unsurfaced.
Overview
About Gutter Tor Walk
Why go
- Granite tors, a prehistoric stone-row complex and tin-mine remains in one circuit.
Heads up
- Rough, open moorland footing and a short ford crossing.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation289–417 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 Gutter Tor Walk, 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 area
Sarawak in a Dartmoor Churchyard0:00 / 0:31
“Sheepstor's little churchyard has a link to Borneo. Three successive British Brooke rulers of Sarawak, known as the White Rajahs, are buried beside St Leonard's Church.”
Plays on the road 2.1 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Dartmoor Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Norsworthy Bridge to Deancombe
- The Net Beneath Burrator
- Burrator Reservoir and the Old Settlement
- Cadover Bridge and the Plym Valley
- 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
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Gutter Tor Walk
The compact circuitGutter Tor Walk is a 4-mile loop from Gutter Tor Car Park across open moorland south of…
Gutter Tor Walk is a 4-mile loop from Gutter Tor Car Park across open moorland south of Sheepstor. It links Gutter Tor, Gutter Mire’s old workings, Ditsworthy Warren House, Drizzlecombe’s Bronze Age stone rows and cairns, and Higher Hartor Tor, returning past Eylesbarrow’s tin-mine remains. Allow about 2½ hours, longer if you stop at the archaeology.
Tors, warrens and stone rowsA grassy climb reaches Gutter Tor’s granite stacks and natural rock basin.
A grassy climb reaches Gutter Tor’s granite stacks and natural rock basin. The route crosses moorland marked by tin gullies and medieval warrening. Ditsworthy Warren House, a derelict listed building, served as the farmhouse in War Horse. A small ford leads toward Drizzlecombe’s stone rows, cairns and hut circles. Higher Hartor is the high point, with a clear-day view over the Plym Valley; return northwest past Eylesbarrow’s mine remains. At Gutter Tor, frame the granite stacks with Gutter Mire behind them.
Access and footingStart at the small, unsurfaced car park beside the Scout Hut, west of Sheepstor, at the end of…
Start at the small, unsurfaced car park beside the Scout Hut, west of Sheepstor, at the end of a narrow lane. Expect open moorland, rough grass, uneven granite and a ford; carry a map for poor visibility. Dogs are allowed, but must be on a lead 1 March–31 July, near livestock and when adders may be basking.
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.
