town in Devon, England
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Chagford is a village in the English county of Devon in Dartmoor.
UnderstandEdit
Get inEdit
By BusEdit
Dartline 173 - 2 buses each day each way Exeter to Moretonhampstead
By CarEdit
3 mi (4.8 km) north of Moretonhampstead on the A382 turn left into B3206 to Chagford.
By FootEdit
The Two Moors Way passes through Chagford.
Get aroundEdit
SeeEdit
- 1 Spinsters' Rock. A dolmen with a rock roof supported by three rocks
DoEdit
- Chagword Literary Festival, ☏ +44 7518 469 437. Held in March in the Jubilee Hall and Chagford Primary School
- Chagstock, ✉ organiser@chagstock.info. Music festival held in July
- 1 Meldon Hill. 390 m (1,280 ft) high.
BuyEdit
- 1 Proper Job Uptown, 32a The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 432 973, ✉ uptown@proper-job.org. Tu-Sa 9:30AM=5PM. Community reuse centre incorporating a recycled products shop
EatEdit
- 1 The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant, 6 The Square, TQ13 8AB, ☏ +44 1647 433 226, ✉ saravincent14@gmail.com. Tu-Sa 9AM-16:30PM.
DrinkEdit
- 1 The Chagford Inn (Buller's Arms), 7 Mill St, TQ13 8AW, ☏ +44 1647 433 109. Chagford's posh pub run by a temporary Enterprise Inns manager.
- 2 The Globe Inn, 9 High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433 485, ✉ mary@theglobeinnchagford.co.uk.
- 3 Ring O'Bells, 44 The Square, TQ13 8AH, ☏ +44 1647 432 466, ✉ info@ringobellschagford.co.uk. Chagford's village pub and free house, dating from the 16th century, with a beautiful carved bar taken from a wooden ship.
SleepEdit
- 1 The Three Crowns Hotel, High Street, TQ13 8AJ, ☏ +44 1647 433 444. Check-in: 14:30PM, check-out: 11AM. A 13th century granite manor house and site of a skirmish with the Roundheads in 1642, Now a 5-star inn. £115-£155.
CopeEdit
Chagford's streets are narrow and full of parking restrictions however * 1 Chagford Car Park (Long Stay), Stableyard, New Street, TQ13 8DP.
Go nextEdit
- Drewsteignton 4 mi (6.4 km) to the north east.
- Moretonhampstead 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the south east.
- Postbridge 7.6 mi (12.2 km) to the south west via B3212 into the heart of Dartmoor.