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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 (1:25k) OL28N |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 146 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date 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. | Dazingdale | 06/08/2023 |
Seven Tiors Walk | kjg106 | 12/02/2023 |
With Sam | simon and co | 12/06/2022 |
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. | clivevilla | 18/10/2021 |
With CB, SB and Colby. | JDBowers | 11/09/2021 |
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. | vegibagger | 13/08/2021 |
Very windy day | lifeathighaltitude | 19/06/2021 |
Up before the crowds on this sunny but windy day | ChinnockC | 26/10/2020 |
Solo. (Mick & Mary didn't ascend rocks). | MickyRoss | 14/10/2020 |
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. | Sixtyplus | 05/09/2020 |
Parked in Dartmoor CP. | Andrew Pearson | 05/09/2019 |
Saddle Tor & Haytor Rocks evening walk | whiskybottle | 06/07/2019 |
With Graham | Valerie | 22/04/2019 |
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. | jonglew | 31/03/2019 |
With Rios. Wasn't sure which side was the summit, so climbed both rocks. | Rosaidh | 18/10/2018 |
Climbed both the stone step tor and the via ferrata tor. Highly enjoyable. Sweeping views and crowded summits. | Nick Down1 | 25/08/2018 |
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 Pearson | 22/07/2018 |
Car park to south is P&D. Park for free lower down hill at SX 7627 7698. Loved the Via Ferrata | carole engel | 27/06/2018 |
Scrambled up both. | Moorponder | 24/06/2018 |
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 Kernow1 | 14/04/2018 |
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 Anchovy | 23/08/2017 |
I stood on the top while doing an earth cache here. | Alancache | 01/08/2017 |
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 hb | Chris Pearson | 13/07/2017 |
Quick walk on Dartmoor enroute Home from Devon | nell1583 | 15/06/2017 |
Wonderful place, classic granite tors and expansive views. Day of blue skies, bright sun shine and only a faint E breeze, what a day! | RichardM | 20/01/2017 |
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. | alda | 27/10/2016 |
From car park.Pleasant scramble up using handholds.With Bridget and Oscar. | catman | 23/05/2016 |
With Catman and Oscar. | rosiebridge | 23/05/2016 |
Excursion into the cloud while househunting. | Nab Scar | 29/12/2015 |
On circuit with Rippon Tor and Top Tor | Poolton123 | 26/09/2015 |
From car park. Steps cut into rock make it easy, except for one awkward jump across a ditch. | ijpowell | 25/07/2015 |
Short walk from car park | Ramblingpaul | 05/07/2015 |
From road, scrambled up both Tors, with A. fine views. | PeterD | 21/06/2015 |
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 Tor | Fergalh | 13/06/2015 |
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. | moorsman | 22/08/2014 |
On own. Quick blast up from HF Haytor house where we were staying for the week. Very easy scrambling. | Crib Goch | 30/06/2014 |
iron steps helped a lot | arranc | 03/11/2013 |
impressive rocks | Adrian | 13/07/2013 |
Haytor Rocks from GR: SX 75815 76728 | ronaldo333 | 01/09/2012 |
With Jo, short morning walk from Haytor IC: Haytor Rocks. Weather; sunny, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 17/05/2012 |
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 Pearson | 06/08/2010 |
Plenty of parking on b3387 and easy walk up. Interesting tramways made from granite and old quarries nearby. | mart0797 | 22/04/2010 |
Tracey & I walked up Rippon Tor , Saddle Tor & Hay Tor. Windy september day | Johnboy7 | 15/10/2009 |
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. | Jake994 | 28/08/2007 |
With Clare, Barnie, Eire & Evan. We carried Danu & Sail. | Dangerous Dave | 23/06/2006 |
Tor bagging | PK1 | 01/05/2006 |
Letterboxing with Tony, Sophie and Nic. | zoob | 19/04/2005 |
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 | RHW | 05/09/2004 |
Had been on a climbing trip to Cornwall, not sure how i ended up doing this! | thenomad | 26/09/1996 |