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Visiting England’s highest manmade water fall – Canonteign Falls with children

‘Manmade’ isn’t a phrase you’ll find used often to describe landmarks in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park. It’s better known as an area of incredible natural beauty. However, Canonteign Falls is a place moulded by man that’s just as worth seeing as the glacier carved tors. We visited England’s highest manmade waterfall with our girls and …

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Buckland Abbey: a Dartmoor day out with kids

It’s not hard to understand why Sir Francis Drake bought Buckland Abbey as his home after liberating the Spanish of a haul of booty. This Tudor renovation project is located on the edge of beautiful Dartmoor in Devon, not far from Drake’s birthplace of Tavistock, and within easy reach of Plymouth. It was from where …

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Devon family days out: the Miniature Pony Centre, Dartmoor

Nestled in the rugged landscape of Dartmoor National Park is a small but perfectly formed family attraction that will delight animal lovers young and old. The Miniature Pony Centre is home to dozens of farm yard favourites, including ponies, horses, goats and rabbits. We were invited to visit this great Devon family day out over …

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