Chagford

Getting there

By bus Dartline 173: 2 buses each day each way Exeter to Moretonhampstead

By car 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Moretonhampstead on the A382 turn left into B3206 to Chagford. Chagford long-stay carpark is at Stableyard, New Street TQ13.

On foot The Two Moors Way passes through Chagford.

See

1 Spinsters' Rock. A dolmen with a rock roof supported by three rocks. (updated Nov 2020)

Do

Chagword Literary Festival, ☏ +44 7518 469 437. Held in March in the Jubilee Hall and Chagford Primary School. (updated Dec 2020) Chagstock, [email protected]. Music festival held in July. (updated Dec 2020) 1 Meldon Hill. 390 m (1,280 ft) high. (updated Nov 2020)

Buy

1 Proper Job Uptown, 32a The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 432973, [email protected]. Tu-Sa 9:30AM=5PM. Community reuse centre incorporating a recycled products shop. (updated Dec 2020)

Eat

1 The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant, 6 The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 433226, [email protected]. Tu-Sa 9AM-4:30PM. (updated Nov 2020)

Drink & nightlife

1 The Chagford Inn (Buller's Arms), 7 Mill St, TQ13 8AW, ☏ +44 1647 433109. Chagford's posh pub. (updated Nov 2020) 2 The Globe Inn, 9 High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433485, [email protected]. (updated Nov 2020) 3 Ring O'Bells, 44 The Square, TQ13 8AH, ☏ +44 1647 432466, [email protected]. Chagford's village pub and free house, dating from the 16th century, with a beautiful carved bar taken from a wooden ship. (updated Dec 2020)

Sleep

1 The Three Crowns Hotel, High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433444. Check-in: 2:30PM, check-out: 11AM. A 13th-century granite manor house and site of a skirmish with the Roundheads in 1642, Now a 5-star inn. £115-£155. (updated Nov 2020)

Go next

Drewsteignton 4 mi (6.4 km) to the north east. Moretonhampstead 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the south east. Postbridge 7.6 mi (12.2 km) to the south west via B3212 into the heart of Dartmoor.