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Name:Haytor Rocks
Hill number:17494
Height:457m / 1499ft
Parent (Ma):2877  High Willhays
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Dartmoor
County/UA:Devon
Catchment:Teign
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:SX 75718 77048
Summit feature:rock tor
Drop:67m
Col:390m  SX748761  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 191
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 146 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Easy out and back from the car park below where Lesley was patiently waiting. Lovely views. Also climbed the prominent but lower Tor opposite.Dazingdale06/08/2023
Seven Tiors Walkkjg10612/02/2023
With Samsimon and co12/06/2022
From the car park to the east up a wide grassy swathe. It was a foggy morning and the rocks loomed up eerily. The high point is on the further rock and the top can be reached using some crude steps in the rock and the metal brackets fixed to the rock.clivevilla18/10/2021
With CB, SB and Colby.JDBowers11/09/2021
Up early from car park. Bit windy. Having headed for, and climbed the bigger in bulk of the two tors, it was then clear that the smaller was actually the highest point, so went across there for the good photo point of the more visually impressive, but lower of the two.vegibagger13/08/2021
Very windy daylifeathighaltitude19/06/2021
Up before the crowds on this sunny but windy dayChinnockC26/10/2020
Solo. (Mick & Mary didn't ascend rocks).MickyRoss14/10/2020
With Lyn, first of 5 today. Straight up from the VC overflow car park (no pay and display). Busy but not rammed, magnificent views south.Sixtyplus05/09/2020
Parked in Dartmoor CP.Andrew Pearson05/09/2019
Saddle Tor & Haytor Rocks evening walkwhiskybottle06/07/2019
With GrahamValerie22/04/2019
Large pay n display CP due S, although payment not required (if you're lucky!). 2 large outcrops here, both worthy of a visit. Mobbed on a warm sunny weekend day.jonglew31/03/2019
With Rios. Wasn't sure which side was the summit, so climbed both rocks.Rosaidh18/10/2018
Climbed both the stone step tor and the via ferrata tor. Highly enjoyable. Sweeping views and crowded summits.Nick Down125/08/2018
Midnight ascent under a waxing gibbous orange moon giving great moonlight and shadows on a warm summer's night. Magical. On my 100 tors in 25 hours walk/ run.Chris Pearson22/07/2018
Car park to south is P&D. Park for free lower down hill at SX 7627 7698. Loved the Via Ferratacarole engel27/06/2018
Scrambled up both.Moorponder24/06/2018
From car park on B 3357 at SX 76324 77013 by the SE slope to the summit. Short easy scramble, assisted by metal rungs, to the top. Continued to Black Hill. Solo.Man of Kernow114/04/2018
Amazingly busy as close to the road and a stunning landmark. Visited both summits. Someone had a fall near the bottom of Lower Man and broke their leg. They were taken away in an off road ambulance which looked like a large golf buggy. Given the number of people crammed onto these hills this sort of thing must happen all the time.Herbert Anchovy23/08/2017
I stood on the top while doing an earth cache here.Alancache01/08/2017
Confession. I had always assumed Main Tor (which all the tourists climb) was the highest point rather than nearby Low Man as the names suggests. Today when we climbed both tors (with L and Flook the dog) I had suspicions - confirmed later by geograph and hbChris Pearson13/07/2017
Quick walk on Dartmoor enroute Home from Devonnell158315/06/2017
Wonderful place, classic granite tors and expansive views. Day of blue skies, bright sun shine and only a faint E breeze, what a day!RichardM20/01/2017
Magical, clear, sunny, frosty day with no wind and blue skies. A perfect classic Dartmoor with cut steps and metal handholds as a bonus.Western Tor is higher; both visited.Denise 20/01/2017
What a superb pair of summits. Lower one is possibly the best P18 I have climbed. Higher one has excellent unobtrusive artificial aids. Tumping makes sense on tors like these, with parking and paths.alda27/10/2016
From car park.Pleasant scramble up using handholds.With Bridget and Oscar.catman23/05/2016
With Catman and Oscar.rosiebridge23/05/2016
Excursion into the cloud while househunting.Nab Scar29/12/2015
On circuit with Rippon Tor and Top TorPoolton12326/09/2015
From car park. Steps cut into rock make it easy, except for one awkward jump across a ditch.ijpowell25/07/2015
Short walk from car parkRamblingpaul05/07/2015
From road, scrambled up both Tors, with A. fine views.PeterD21/06/2015
1/14 of long but satisfying hill bagging day (Hay Tor/Rippen Tor/Top Tor/Chinkwell Tor/Hound Tor/Heatree Down/Easdon Tor/Black Hill/Birch Tor/Challacombe Down/Hamel Down/Hookney Tor/Cornden TorFergalh13/06/2015
Impressive view of the hill when approaching from the west. Large parking area alongside the maoin road and a clear, well used path to the summit.moorsman22/08/2014
On own. Quick blast up from HF Haytor house where we were staying for the week. Very easy scrambling.Crib Goch30/06/2014
iron steps helped a lotarranc03/11/2013
impressive rocksAdrian13/07/2013
Haytor Rocks from GR: SX 75815 76728ronaldo33301/09/2012
With Jo, short morning walk from Haytor IC: Haytor Rocks. Weather; sunny, warm, good visibility.amblerbob17/05/2012
Film crew lorries (Speilberg making War Horse) arrived during the night behind the rise behind our tent – a road marshall said Discovery Channel were filming Dartmoor ponies ?– seemed like a cover story given the high quality and number of vehicles. 10 (named) Tors on a longish day with Darren. Camera club (convention) were out in force, getting in each others way on top of the rock in gusting wind. Tried (and failed) on the letter box rock climb one move wonder- in running shoes).Chris Pearson06/08/2010
Plenty of parking on b3387 and easy walk up. Interesting tramways made from granite and old quarries nearby.mart079722/04/2010
Tracey & I walked up Rippon Tor , Saddle Tor & Hay Tor. Windy september dayJohnboy715/10/2009
Linear tor-bagging stroll from Hay Tor to Bowerman's Nose. Easy bimble up from the car park. Incredible views, can understand why it's so popular.Jake99428/08/2007
With Clare, Barnie, Eire & Evan. We carried Danu & Sail.Dangerous Dave23/06/2006
Tor baggingPK101/05/2006
Letterboxing with Tony, Sophie and Nic.zoob19/04/2005
2 fine tors with good climbing on lowest, but simple scrambly ways to both, with steps &c. paths from car pks on road to S RHW05/09/2004
Had been on a climbing trip to Cornwall, not sure how i ended up doing this!thenomad26/09/1996