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Bellever Bridge – Jay's Grave loop from Dartmoor National Park

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Bellever Bridge – Jay's Grave loop from Dartmoor National Park

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Bellever Bridge – Jay's Grave loop from Dartmoor National Park

03:37

41.7km

760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 9.79 km for 187 m

After 21.5 km for 124 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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372 m

Bellever Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Bellever Bridge is an ancient crossing that spans the East Dart River near Postbridge.

It's an idyllic location for a sit-down and picnic in a quintessential Dartmoor setting.

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5.98 km

Buddles

Ruins

7.20 km

Part of the Duchy of Cornwall estate, Challacombe farm produces high-welfare, ‘Grass-fed’ and Certified Organic beef and lamb, whilst conserving and enhancing the wildlife, landscape & archaeology of the 1 square mile site. The tracks are well maintained and great for both cyclists and horse riders, but be sure to stay on these tracks to avoid disturbing the wildlife and farm animals!

A couple of informative signs can also be found on the farm's perimeter gates giving you more information about the species that live there & what's being done to preserve the area.

As featured on the BBC series 'Hugh's Wild West' back in 2018.

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9.86 km

Grimspound

Archaeological Site

13.4 km

Jay's Grave

Highlight • Historical Site

Kitty Jay is said to have been a servant girl at one of the nearby farms. Her lover betrayed her, distancing himself from her when they found out that she was pregnant, rather than taking responsibility and marrying Kitty. In despair, she hanged herself in a barn. In those bygone days suicide victims weren't buried in the churchyard, instead they were buried at the edge of the parish.

So here lies Kitty Jay, and you'll notice that there are normally fresh flowers and often gifts left on her grave. No one knows who replaces the flowers so regularly.

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14.6 km

View of Hound Tor

Highlight • Natural Monument

Hound Tor is thought to be the inspiration of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The granite outcrop is said to look like dogs peaking over the top of the rocks, hence its name.

On the south east side, there is the site of a deserted medieval village which was abandoned in the late 14th/early15th century.

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15.1 km

Bonehill Down and Houndtor Down

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Lovely fast rolling ride though open moor then into the typical small walled fields as you drop to moreton. Only single track so watch oncoming traffic and can be a bit gravelly in places....

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17.2 km

View of Widecombe from Bonehill Rocks

Highlight • Viewpoint

Take the bike slightly off road and walk upto the Tor

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21.6 km

St Pancras Church, Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Highlight • Religious Site

Know as the Cathedral of the Moor, Widecombe's pretty St Pancras church is quite something to behold. Its tower is 120-foot (37 m) high and can be seen fro considerable distance.

The church was damaged during the Great Thunderstorm of 1638 – with hundreds of parishioners inside when lightning struck, killing four. Folklore says the devil visited, causing the lightning.

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38.1 km

Dunnabridge Pound

Highlight • Natural

Despite it sitting beside the B3357 Dartmeet road this is another of those ancient Bronze age structures. Its has certainly been used in more recent times as a cattle/sheep enclosure. Although back in the bronze age times up to 17 people lived here in a number of huts, one of which can just be made out in the centre of the walled ring. Just inside the entrance on the left is the Judges Chair, believe to have been brought here by the local Dunnabridge farmer. He maintained that a bench from Crockern Tor formed the seat and that the Crockern judges table formed the roof of the Judge’s Chair. What is for certain is that it was used as a shelter by those tending their animals within the Pound.

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41.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.8 km

13.7 km

6.81 km

3.99 km

1.40 km

Surfaces

20.3 km

9.82 km

6.66 km

4.34 km

679 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Friday 17 July

27°C

13°C

11 %

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Bellever Bridge – Jay's Grave loop from Dartmoor National Park

Bellever Bridge

Challacombe Farm

Jay's Grave

View of Hound Tor

Bonehill Down and Houndtor Down

View of Widecombe from Bonehill Rocks

St Pancras Church, Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Dunnabridge Pound

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