A view across Dartmoor from Mel Tor at day break.


Dartmoor was designated a National Park by statute in 1951 It is 368 square miles 954 sq km in area has about 33 400 people living in it and millions of people visit it each year The Dartmoor National Park Authority was created in 1974


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