Okehampton Bracken Tor YHA

Dartmoor National Park


Budget-conscious outdoors types love this one: a 100-year-old country house, set in 1.6-hectare grounds on the fringe of the higher moor. It also offers climbing, canoeing and bike hire. It's a mile south of Okehampton; be aware, there’s another YHA hostel in Okehampton itself.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dartmoor National Park attractions

1. Okehampton Castle

0.26 MILES

Okehampton's castle dates back to Norman times, and is strategically sited on top of a rocky escarpment. Later it became a sumptuous residence for Hugh…

2. Finch Foundry

3.33 MILES

A century ago, this dramatic building would have thundered to the sound of clanging hammers and grinding metal. It was one of the busiest tool factories…

3. Scorhill Stone Circle

5.78 MILES

At around 30m in diameter, Scorhill is impressive, despite around half the stones (27) only still standing. It's tucked away on open moor near Gidleigh.

4. Grey Wethers

7.41 MILES

At this remote site near Chagford, stone circles stand side by side on a stretch of open moor; another stone circle is 400m away near Fernworthy.

5. Lydford Castle

7.48 MILES

Lydford's diminutive 13th-century castle sits in the heart of the village. Now a compact, roofless, cube, it used to double as a jail and helped make …

6. Lydford Gorge

7.65 MILES

This plunging gorge is the deepest in the southwest, and can be reached via a 1.5-mile rugged riverside hike past a series of bubbling whirlpools …

7. Castle Drogo

8.85 MILES

Three miles northeast of Chagford, this outlandish architectural flight of fancy was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for self-made food-millionaire Julius…

8. Fingle Woods

9.94 MILES

One of the last remaining patches of ancient woodland left on Dartmoor, this lovely 214-hectare forest was badly marred by the introduction of fast…