Bellever Tor

A lovely circular walk which tops out on two tors, the views from Bellever Tor are superb, especially northwards towards Longaford and the Beardown Tors. There’s also the added bonus of a pint back in Postbridge and a chance to see the famous clapper bridge.

Start – Bellever Forest Car Park
Route – Bellever Forest – Laughter Hole Farm – Laughter TorBellever TorBellever Clapper Bridge – Bellever Forest parking
Distance – 3.5 miles     Start time – 10.30am     Time taken – 3 hrs    Highest Point – Bellever Tor 443m
Weather – Sunny but cold, some ice on the ground!
Bellever map

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East Dart River, the car park is in the trees to the left

East Dart River, the car park is in the trees to the left

And from higher up

And from higher up

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Once through the forest past Laughter Hole, the path climbs towards Laughter Tor. The view opens up towards Bellever Tor and beyond.

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Laughter Tor summit

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Looking to Princetown and the mast from Laughter Tor

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Lovely views eastwards from Laughter Tor

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Its not too far from Laughter Tor to Bellever Tor. From Bellever Tor here the view to the pointy Longaford Tor

The path down from Bellever Tor

The path down from Bellever Tor. Assycombe Hill is in the distance

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Looking back to Laughter Tor from Bellever Tor

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Bellever Tor trig with the Princetown mast in the distance. This summit is seen as one of the most central points on Dartmoor and although it might not be exactly that, it feels that way with the views in every direction to tors all around.

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The trig again with Longaford Tor in the distance

Looking back to Bellever Tor from the boundary walls

Looking back to Bellever Tor from the boundary walls

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The route back to Bellever village and the car park

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The car park is in the conifers next to Bellever village down there

Clapper bridge at Bellever

The road and half clapper bridges at Bellever

Lovely shadows in the car park

Lovely shadows in the car park

Postbridge clapper bridge

Postbridge clapper bridge