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Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent – Wray Valley Trail loop from Moretonhampstead

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Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent – Wray Valley Trail loop from Moretonhampstead

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Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent – Wray Valley Trail loop from Moretonhampstead

02:48

9.79km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Dartmoor National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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212 m

Central Café, Moretonhampstead

Highlight • Cafe

216 m

Takeaway Café, Dartmoor National Park

Highlight • Pub

285 m

Baskervilles Ice Cream Parlour & Coffee Shop

Highlight • Cafe

A fantastic little cafe that sells ice creams, sandwiches, coffee and cakes.

There's a nice outdoor seating area out front and bike racks to store your bike securely whilst seated.

The staff are very friendly too.

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317 m

War Memorial to the Fallen of World War I and World War II

Highlight • Monument

Impressive memorial - as they all are - for these who fell in the two Worldwars.

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1.65 km

Winding Downhill Trail in Dartmoor National Park

Highlight • Trail

If in doubt, flat out. I will

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1.81 km

Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Out of Moretonhampstead, take this steep bridleway up, up and up to Mardon Down. It's a hard ride (and/or push) to get up there, but you'll be amazed at how quickly you gain the elevation, and hence views.

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5.00 km

Blackingstone Rock

Highlight • Viewpoint

Seemingly rising out of nowhere, Blackingstone Rock is a behemoth, isolated granite tor. It lies just off the road and is well worth locking your bike up at the bottom …

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7.14 km

Steward Wood

Forest

8.11 km

Wray Valley Trail

Highlight • Trail

A 7-mile (11km), mainly traffic free, route linking Bovey Tracey to Moretonhampstead. It follows the line of the old railway, which was closed to passengers in 1959.

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9.79 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.40 km

4.03 km

694 m

407 m

196 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.28 km

1.96 km

1.56 km

826 m

786 m

518 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

24°C

15°C

22 %

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Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent – Wray Valley Trail loop from Moretonhampstead

Central Café, Moretonhampstead

Takeaway Café, Dartmoor National Park

Baskervilles Ice Cream Parlour & Coffee Shop

War Memorial to the Fallen of World War I and World War II

Winding Downhill Trail in Dartmoor National Park

Mardon Down Bridleway Ascent

Blackingstone Rock

Wray Valley Trail

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