13.6 km 4:05 h 410 m 410 m meldon reservoir carpark, up to high willhays, camp, down to the car park again in a loop. after themselves. A vast dam wall rises from the floor of the West Okement Valley. highest summit on Dartmoor until piped at the post by its companion High Where2Walk 2023 - Walking in Yorkshire and the Lake District. 2020 by Mum on Dartmoor. You can also submit photos from walk de139 Yes Tor, High Willhays and Black Tor from Meldon Reservoir via our Facebook Page. See Help > FAQs - Logging On for details on how to enable cookies in your browser. United Kingdom high willhays hike and camp Top recommended route Difficulty moderate. The path now starts to get very faint and to We were now surrounded by clouds giving us the perfect opportunity to teach our eldest (who is hoping to achieve her Bronze Duke Of Edinburgh award) some highly important lessons in using a compass. from. There is a warning out for the land to the west of the reservoir as it is now private so I therefore enjoyed an up and down over Longstone Hill. view route as a dynamic Ordnance Survey map click, If you need to buy any Then cut across boggy marsh . Meldon Reservoir Toilets S, 181, 0.044 km 290 m Contour Ring, Meldon Tor E, 109, 0.149 km Meldon Tor E, 108, 0.158 km South Down North-East SW, 217, 0.250 km . Just as we reached the top of Yes Tor the heavens opened and so we took refuge under some rocks. To close this message click anywhere outside this window. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Willhays&oldid=1082121237, Pages using infobox mountain with grid ref, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 April 2022, at 12:52. I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming War Horse on Dartmoor.Steven Spielberg. Gemma The reality on this grey but dry day was a walk around the edge of Longstone Hill, take an obvious path due west of Yes Tor summit and walk eastwards up to the top and take a photo or three. UV: Low;. I parked at Meldon Reservoir, which has a car park and toilets. For help see Help. <> The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in a stunning setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. To 2 0 obj In fact Black Mountain (703m) on the border between Herefordshire (England) and Powys (Wales) is considerably higher than both Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) (636m) and High Willhays (621m). I've been spoilt for choice lately with Dartmoor dams. x.type = 'password'; High Willhays is the highest point on Dartmoor and in the UK south of the Brecon Beacons. The reservoir is fed by West Okement River that continues north after the reservoir and runs through Okehampton, where it meets the East Okement River. To our delight we discovered that it lies to the the West of Yes Tor and High Willhays beside the West Okement River, providing us with a delightful circular route encompassing the two highest peaks on the Moor (which many classify as mountains). large pile of stones ahead. There are the remains of extensive peat works to the southeast of Lyd Head including the evocatively named Bleak House. It offers an excellent day out in Devon from kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding and sailing, to archery, climbing, fishing, walking and cycling. There are a number of compulsory checkpoints at which all runners MUST give their number to the stewards. One of the highlights of a landscape with an abundance of rock is the making of cairns, small monuments of stones, dedicated to long forgotten causes. As the army use the section of Dartmoor which includes High Willhays and Yes Tor it is worth checking the free phone number (0800 4584568) to see if it is in use. //-->, High The reservoir sits behind this dam wall and extends to the foot of . It has an ethereal feel about the place as though someone has dropped the elven forests of Middle Earth here in Devon. Please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to: