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 Princetown is the highest village on
Dartmoor and the village closest to Dartmoor Prison. |
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Princetown
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
200 22 33. The local bus which runs from Plymouth to Exeter passes
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Princetown
- Travel by road - Princetown is on the
B 3272.
A nearby large town is Tavistock. Princetown is about 30 miles
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Tavistock
nearby stations - Travel by train - Plymouth station,
North Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 6AB. Tel: 08457 000 125. Ticket
office. Waiting rooms available at all platforms. Cafe and food
outlets. Pay phones are available at the station. Shops. Step
free access whole station. Station wheelchair is available. Taxi
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Princetown
- Sport - The Princetown countryside is
very popular with walkers. They tend to use the television mast
on top of Hessary Tor, which overlooks Princetown, as a reference
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Princetown
- Sport - Tavistock Golf Club, Down Road,
Tavistock, Devon PL19 9AQ. Tel: 01822 612344. About 6 miles west
of Princetown. Yelverton
Golf Club, Golf Links Road, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6BN. Tel:
01822852824. About 5 miles SW of Princetown. |
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Princetown
- Shopping - Princetown has pubs serving
food, a takeaway, cafe and shops. |
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Princetown
- Entertainment and attractions - Princetown
is the highest village on Dartmoor and is home to The Dartmoor
National Parks High Moorland Visitor Centre. High Moorland Visitor Centre, Tavistock Road, Princetown,
Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6QF. Tel: 01822 890414. Location: In the
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Princetown
- Other information - Princetown is best
known as the site of Dartmoor Prison. Dartmoor Prison Heritage
Centre, HMP Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon, PL20 6RR. Tel: 01822
892 130. Location: On the outskirts of Princetown. Tavistock Museum, Quarry House, Butcher
Park Hill, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0EH. Tel: 01822 612546. About
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Ferry Ports indicated are Plymouth, Bideford
and Clovelly.
Airports indicated are Plymouth and Exeter. Princetown is on the B 3272, between Yelverton and
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Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). Princetown
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- Newton Abbot Races. The Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12
3AF. Tel: (01626) 353235. newtonabbotracing.com.
- Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh,
Devon, TQ11 0EE. Tel: 01364 645550. buckfast.org.uk.
- Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Totnes Road, Paignton, Devon,
TQ4 7EU. paigntonzoo.org.uk.
- National Marine Aquarium,
Rope Walk, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon. Tel: 01752 600 301. national-aquarium.co.uk
- Kingsley Museum, Clovelly, Bideford, Devon, EX39 5SY. Tel:
01237 431781.