Dartmoor Devon B&B Hotels Self-catering Camping & Youth Hostels and camping barns

Princetown at about 1400 feet above sea level (Wikipedia says 453 metres) is the highest town on Dartmoor
most people know that Dartmoor Prison is here. Nowadays it is a Category C prison, but to see it floodlit on a misty night, lamps glowing from the windows of the high granite blocks – you can see why it was a hard place to serve a sentence.
The Prison Museum is well worth a visit, and houses a fascinating range of artefact's and information.
The town is steeped in history having been a visitor destination since Victorian times, and hence it having plenty of
eating and drinking places. The Plume of Feathers is reputedly the oldest building in the village, and some say haunted. Princetown has it's own brewery making the famous 'Jail Ale' which you will find in pubs and shops all over Devon - the perfect take home gift for you or the neighbour feeding your cat ! There's a fish and chip shop, cafe food and you
can buy provisions from the well stocked Post Office if you are camping. Weary walkers might like to recover with a hot mug of chocolate on the comfortable leather sofas in the Fox Tor cafe.The Higher Moorland Visitor Centre is housed
in the old Officer's Mess and opposite is the Centre for Creativity with arts and crafts on display and for sale.

Perfect for a stay at Princetown. Sally at the Oratory offers a well equipped seperate annexe to come and go as you please.
Family room U nder 5's free of charge, £5 for kids from 6 to 11, and £10 for 12 to 18 year olds. Adults prices reduced for longer stays.
The Oratory, Princetown, PL20 6RP Mrs. Sally Kinsey. Telephone 01822 890273 B&B - Continental £30p.p. double.

This campsite is not in Princetown BUT it is on the Princetown road out of Tavistock and is about a 10 minute drive away so I add
it for your information. It has camping for tents, statics & a pod on offer. Dogs welcome, open March to November.
Langstone Manor, Moortown, Tavistock, Devon PL19 9JZ Telephone 01822 613371 Grid Reference SX 523 738

There is also bunkhouse in Princetown providing low cost accommodation at the Plume of Feathers Inn. (by mini roundabout) It is open all year and can house 42. You can also camp at a site at the back of the pub. I recommend
that you book well in advance in the bunkhouse as it gets full in Summer with backpackers from all over the world.
Telephone 01822 890240 and please mention www.dartmooraccommodation.co.uk - Jill's website when you ring. thanks