Car park
(see the yellow cross)

Okehampton High Dartmoor - near Rowtor

SX 596 922 - Park on west side of road before junction, north-east of Rowtor

1. Take A30 and follow signs into Okehampton & Meldon.

2. from Plymouth direction, go down into the centre of Okehampton and turn RIGHT at the traffic lights, into Station Road.

3. bending left, pass Kent House Retirement Home on the right (with big trees)

4. pass Castle Road on the right, next .....

5. turn RIGHT into Station Road, up the hill

6. drive all the way up the hill - DO NOT take the left branch at the top of the road where there is a statue(?) in the middle of the junction - keep going stright up the hill

7. the road becomes Tors Road (Station Road branches to the left) - keep going up the hill

8. the road becomes small, goes over a narrow railway bridge and then over the A30 dual carriageway

9. up onto the moor, pass the side road entrance on the right to Okehampton Camp

10. at a T-junction, turn LEFT down over a bridge and drive straight on, DO NOT take the road to the right

11. follow the main track to the car park - the side tracks on the map are not so obvious on the ground - you'll be alright! 

Follow the BLUE route from the traffic lights to the car park (the yellow cross)

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