Dartmoor cottage at Zoar

14/01/2024

Ride into the sunset from Cholwell Riding Stables just a short walk across the Common from Dartmoor cottage at Zoar garden gate.

13/01/2024

Gorgeous sunset by zoar Dartmoor cottage at Zoar

13/01/2024

Perfect weather at Zoar for a Dartmoor ride... and several weeks still free for guests this winter...

28/11/2023

Visit summer in winter in the saddle on Dartmoor @ Cholwell Riding Stables by Dartmoor cottage at Zoar

27/11/2023

Enjoy Dartmoor from the saddle with the wonderful horses and ponies of Cholwell Riding Stables ... just a fifteen minute walk across Zoar Common and Kingsett Down from Dartmoor cottage at Zoar or ten minute drive!

27/11/2023

Perfect weather for gorgeous views and lovely canters...

27/11/2023

21/08/2023

Escape to Dartmoor: 25% last minute discount for remaining September weeks on Dartmoor's wilder side! Direct garden gate moorland access for hiking, wild swimming and Dartmoor's top rated horse riding stables. Dark skies and wildlife out the window. Easy car parking at cottage. Sleeps 6: double and two twins. En suite and 2nd bathroom. Foody heaven: Esse ironheart woodstove that will roast a beautiful leg of lamb!

4 Zoar cottages is a true hidden gem, nestled in a particularly beautiful and wild valley in the heart of Dartmoor’s 365 square miles of National Park - its the perfect escape for lovers of wilderness, horse riding, hiking, cycling, secret wild swimming, and stargazing in properly dark skies after...

29/05/2023

Cool off in the spring heatwave! Discount weeks still available at Dartmoor cottage at Zoar in June!

24/04/2023

Spring is here and summer weather beckons! Zoar Cottage is celebrating with a special offer for June: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrT5IWdKjYZ/?igshid=OGY3MTdmODg=

11/12/2022

Zoar Cottage just over the brow of the hill, between the ears!!

11/12/2022

Wheal Betsy in the mist and frost...even in winter, Dartmoor magic is beguiling

11/12/2022

Wow what a view! Magical riding today at Cholwell Riding Stables by Zoar Cottage

03/06/2022

Zoar is high on the itself, so makes the perfect base for 's best ... ideal for the sunshine

05/05/2022

is some of Britain’s best and most spectacular horse riding country, no fences on the open moor and where better to enjoy it from than Zoar’ Cottage’s local stables 's Cholwell Riding Stables at Mary Tavy:https://www.cholwellridingstables.co.uk/horses/. Dartmoor’s best rated https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g186252-Activities-c61-t62-a_sort.TRAVELER__5F__RANKED-Dartmoor_National_Park_Devon_England.html trekking stables, it has wonderful horses and longer /shorter faster/slower rides to suit all abilities and ages - and a fantastic team. Ten minutes drive from Zoar cottage – but we usually walk there: it’s a gorgeous twenty minute off-road walk over the moor from the cottage gate with views to a dozen of Dartmoor’s most spectacular tors. Checkout Zoar cottage availability at https://www.originalcottages.co.uk/devon-cottages/dartmoor/dartmoor/4zocot-4-zoar-cottage

24/04/2022

and the view from Zoar Cottage garden gate to mecca that is 's Tavy Cleave is as gorgeous as ever. Still some weeks free to book: https://www.originalcottages.co.uk/devon-cottages/dartmoor/dartmoor/4zocot-4-zoar-cottage

25/08/2019

Wild Dartmoor - Tavy Cleave in the summer sunshine just up from Zoar Cottage

25/08/2019

Tavy waterfall in the Dartmoor sunshine - wild swimming pool just up the valley from Zoar Cottage

14/05/2019

To check availability for booking Zoar Cottage see: https://www.bluerivercottages.co.uk/south-devon-holiday-cottages/dartmoor/4zocot-4-zoar-cottage

11/05/2019

11/05/2019

Why stay near Dartmoor when you can stay on Dartmoor?
Once part of a Dartmoor 'lost hamlet", historic Zoar cottage nestles in the valley below spectacular Tavy Cleave, one of Dartmoor’s most famous beauty spots and gateway to wild Dartmoor.
Watch the spring lambs play on the moor outside the front gate and soak up the sunsets from the front garden. Sample summer wild swimming in the secret swimming pools amidst the deeply wooded Tavy valley below the cottage and up in the wild Cleave. Warm yourself after an autumnal adventure with a roast from the Ironheart wood-stove. Enjoy the peace and tranquillity of a star-filled sky on a clear winter eve.
Enjoying direct moorland access from its front gate, the acclaimed family-run horse-riding stables at Cholwell http://www.cholwellridingstables.co.uk/ is walkable off-road while 16th century Elephants Nest pub is barely ten-minutes walk down the lane and hosts some of the best food in west Dartmoor http://www.elephantsnest.co.uk/food-menu/ both at lunch and dinner and whose garden has spectacular views. A longer walk, or a ten minute drive to the nearby village of Peter Tavy, gets you to the 15th century Peter Tavy Inn http://www.petertavyinn.co.uk/menus.html which also does very good food, especially in the evening.
Wild Dartmoor is literally on your doorstep. Tavy Cleave is walkable off-road, though 5 minutes drive up the lane gets you to the nearest parking point. White Tor and its Neolithic fort and settlement, the best preserved on Dartmoor, towers over the cottage on the other side of the river valley behind. Beyond it lie some of Dartmoors most spectacular granite roc outcrops – the “tors” of Great Staple, Cox, Roos, Great Mis and Cox, below which lie the remains of Dartmoor’s slightly more boutique answer to “Stonehenge”, the Neolithic ritual complex at Merrivale: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/merrivale-prehistoric-settlement/
Local farms usually have fresh lamb and eggs for sale, and the shop in Mary Tavy is only a five minute drive: https://www.marytavypostoffice.co.uk/ . Only a ten minute drive away, historic Tavistock, home of Sir Francis Drake, Devon’s most famous son, is an ancient stannary town whose ruined abbey was founded by the Earl of Devon before the Norman conquest. Its weekly market has been held since it received its Royal Charter in 1105, and alongside an array of traditional shops it also has modern supermarkets, petrol stations, restaurants, pubs and two GP surgeries. Sir Francis Drake’s home at https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckland-abbey is a 15 minute drive beyond Tavistock, while Tudor manor and estate Cotehele https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cotehele is a similar distance. Cotehele was just one of the local landmarks featured in BBC’s memorable http://edwardianfarm.co.uk/ filmed primarily at restored Georgian and Victorian mine and quay https://www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/
Breath-taking Lydford George https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lydford-gorge the tallest in south-west England, and its attendant castle https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lydford-castle-and-saxon-town/, is less than twenty-minutes drive. Okehampton and its castle are 10-15 minutes drive further north: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/okehampton-castle/

Cholwell Riding Stables is a family-run business that has been providing escorted rides and riding lessons on Dartmoor for nearly forty years.

11/05/2019