Explore 208 square kilometres of rugged granite moorland featuring dramatic tors, historic monuments, and rich wildlife in Cornwall's wild heart.

Bodmin Moor is a vast granite moorland landscape spanning 208 square kilometres in north-eastern Cornwall, renowned for its dramatic natural beauty and historical significance. The moor is home to iconic peaks including Brown Willy, Cornwall's highest point at 420 metres, and Rough Tor, creating a striking backdrop for outdoor exploration and walking. The moor offers families and visitors opportunities to discover centuries of human history, with numerous Neolithic monuments, Bronze Age stone circles, cairns, and hut circles scattered across the landscape. These ancient relics provide fascinating glimpses into settlement patterns dating back thousands of years. The terrain varies from rolling moorland and rough pasture to heathland and marshes, supporting diverse wildlife including approximately 260 breeding pairs of European stonechats and wintering populations of golden plovers. Designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Bodmin Moor attracts visitors year-round who appreciate its wild, windswept character. The winding country lanes and open moorland provide excellent routes for walking, driving, and nature observation, making it suitable for families seeking authentic Cornish landscapes and outdoor adventures. Best visited in good weather, the moor reveals its rugged appeal through exploration of its varied terrain and historic monuments.

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Public transport nearby

Accessible toilets

Free WiFi

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Food available

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Anita Collyer

a year ago

Beautiful, ruggered, and somehow desolate scenery. We visited the hurlers ,saw loads of tins mines, rock formations, lovely wildlife like sheep, cows, and ponies. To us, it always seems so much colder in temperature on bodmin around the hurlers

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Mark Edwards

a year ago

Visited Cornwall last year. Great walking on the moor, fun hikes up the hills. And the huge stones are very cool!

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Keith Wallace

3 years ago

Absolutely stunning only advice I can give is to get in the car and go straight away!!

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Caelan Jones

3 years ago

Very briefly explored the moors but the weather and time quickly sent us off, but a very interesting place and looking forward to walking through it more in future

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Tina Golubeva

5 years ago

Really beautiful place! We did an 8km hike to the two highest peaks - Roughtor and Brown Willy - and it was fairly accessible, easy to navigate and incredibly beautiful.

Reviews last updated: 29 September 2026