Abbey · On the route
Tavistock Abbey
Ruined Benedictine abbey in Devon, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domainAcross Dartmoor
Tavistock across the moor to Dartmeet and Ashburton, up past Haytor to Widecombe, then Postbridge and Princetown on the B3212.
- Distance
- 58 miles (93 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Dartmoor
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
A386B3357B3212B3352A38A382B3387
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 25 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 7
- Curvature
- 146 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 29
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 27 to mile 52. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 0 to mile 20, at 176 degrees of turning a mile.
- 2 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The whole moor has a 40 mph limit on unfenced roads, and ponies, sheep and cattle wander onto it.
- The lanes to Widecombe are narrow with high hedges.
On the way
- Tavistock
- Merrivale
- Two Bridges
- Dartmeet
- Ashburton
- Haytor
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Postbridge
- Princetown
- Yelverton
- Tavistock
Ready to ride it?
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Cave · 1 km off the route
Pridhamsleigh Cavern
Cave in Devon, England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0
Monastery · On the route
Indio Monastery
Monastery in Devon, England, UK.
Read about it on WikipediaPlace details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.