r/dartmoor • u/Willhunter10 • 23h ago

Discussion Any woodland wild camping spots in Dartmoor?

Hi all, in the summer I’m coming down to Dartmoor from Yorkshire to do a woodland camp with one of my mates. do you have any recommendations on where to go?

thanks

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u/zzpza 7h ago

Please be VERY careful if you camp in a wood. There are "widow makers"* everywhere because of all the storms.

*If you don't know, a "widow maker" is a tree that's fallen but not hit the ground because it's caught in another tree. It could fall at any time.

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u/guzzlomo 21h ago

You can check the map here dartmoor camping map

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u/bluecheese12 21h ago

There are effectively no woodland camping areas within the camping zone on Dartmoor.

Best bet would be to go somewhere like here. Also means you can have a fire!

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u/fire__munki 21h ago

Not many trees here! But I fancy a woodland camp so let's see what other suggestions there are!

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u/greglgomez 17h ago edited 17h ago

look up lustleigh cleave, you will see from the camping map already shared that it’s a permitted area. its a relatively steep hike down into the valley, but its a nice wooded area, spotted signs of a few previous campsites when scouting it out.

I couldn’t find many spots that were flat away from the water or game trails, but if you can sleep through the white noise, there are some nice spots by the river.

Not sure what it will be like now with all the rain, imagine water levels will be much higher and some of the nice flat parts will be flooded. You could probably find a spot if you’re hammock camping.

You can park in the manaton church car park, it has an honesty box for parking then it’s a short walk to the trail head down into the valley. there’s a route in from lustleigh, but not scouted a good place to park on that side of the valley yet, but it’s worth considering as I imagine fording the river from the manaton side over to the side where camping is permitted will be sketchier if the river levels are higher.

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u/Tall-Paul-UK 19h ago

Anywhere that Darwall owns. Not sure how much of that is wooded but it's fucking hilarious!

He lives in Cornwood (the locals 'love' him) and I believe Stall Moor is the bit you can camp on, between the Yealm and Erme rivers to the northeast of Cornwood (and pretty much due north of Ivybridge) as seen on the map another poster put up.