Runnage Farm Camping Barns

Dartmoor National Park


A couple of old barns on this handsome farm have been turned into bunkhouses, with basic raised beds, simple cooking facilities, and toilets and showers in a separate building. They can be centrally heated for £13 per night. It's 1.5 miles east of Postbridge; take the 'Widecombe' turning off the B3212 Moretonhampstead road.


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