A weekend in Dartmoor with kids

Stay in Okehampton. Day 1: Long Barton Avenue Play Park and Finch Foundry (NT); day 2: Chagford Swimming Pool and Castle Drogo.

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Day 1 · Dartmoor

Long Barton Avenue Play Park 1.4 km from Okehampton, just outside the park
Finch Foundry (NT) Grade II* listed, 5.3 km from Okehampton 5 km from the last stop

Lunch: The Oxenham Arms Grade II* listed, 6.4 km from Okehampton
If it rains: Museum Of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton, just outside the park

Open day 1 in Google Maps

Night 1 · Okehampton

train station: Okehampton Rail Station; 8 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · Dartmoor

Chagford Swimming Pool 5.2 km from Moretonhampstead
Castle Drogo Grade I listed, 5.0 km from Moretonhampstead 2 km from the last stop

Lunch: The Drewe Arms Grade II* listed, 5.0 km from Moretonhampstead
If it rains: Devon Escape Rooms 1.7 km from Okehampton, just outside the park

Open day 2 in Google Maps

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads Dartmoor's pages rank, for a family, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, two a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend with kids in Dartmoor?

Okehampton. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Okehampton: train station: Okehampton Rail Station; 8 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Long Barton Avenue Play Park and Finch Foundry (NT): the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full