Backpackers Hostels on Dartmoor : Eco hostel,self catering individual and group accommodation near Exeter.
Sparrowhawk Backpackers, 45 Ford Street, Moretonhampstead, Dartmoor, Devon, TQ13 8LN
Sparrowhawk is a small, friendly eco-hostel in the centre of Moretonhampstead, popular with cyclists, hikers, climbers, bikers, artists, photographers and film makers, located within the breathtaking Dartmoor National Park. Moretonhampstead is 14 miles west of Exeter and can be reached by direct bus. Accommodation is in a beautifully converted stone stable, with solar-heated showers and a secure bike shed. High open moorland is close by for great hiking, cycling and off-road mountain biking, while the rocky tors rising up on the hilltops offer climbers a challenge. Wild swims in the rivers amongst woodlands or out on the moor are a must for the adventurous traveller. Magnificent stone circles, dwellings and burial sites of ancient civilizations together with wild ponies, buzzards, flora and fauna are all here to be explored. Moretonhampstead has shops, cafés, art gallery/studios and pubs serving good food/ beer. CTC/ Cicerone LeJoG and Dartmoor Way cycle routes are on the doorstep.
This accommodation is featured on our map of Devon, Cornwall and the West Country and here is its own website.or call Alison on
01647 440318 or 07870 513570
18: 1×14 + double/family room.
All year
Adults dorm £19. U14 £10. Double room £42 (for 2 people).
LEJOG Cycle, Dartmoor and Exmoor, Landsend trail and Mary Michael Way, Backpackers, LEtoJOGwalk
Book ahead if possible by phone or email.
From Exeter, take the B3212 signposted on the one-way system at Exe Bridges. From Plymouth head towards Yelverton and then B3212. The hostel is on Ford Street (A382) 100 metres from tourist office.
Direct from Exeter Bus 359, indirect 178. From Okehampton or Newton Abbot Bus 173 or 179. Enquires Tel 0870 6082608.
This accommodation is in a National Park, is available to individuals, is an 'Eco Hostel', has a pub within walking distance and is on the Land's End to John O' Groats Cycle Route, the The Dartmoor National Park & Exmoor National Park map, the The Land's End Trail & Mary Michael Pilgrim's Way Map, the City, Backpacker and Boutique Hostels map and the Land's End to John O' Groats Walk.