Postbridge Clapper Bridge
A medieval clapper bridge over the East Dart River, with three huge granite slabs laid across stone piers. It is Dartmoor's most photogenic old bridge.
Postbridge Clapper Bridge was built around the 13th–14th centuries. Its long granite slabs, each weighing several tonnes, rest on three stone piers and span the East Dart River. It was once part of a pack-horse route for tin miners and is the largest clapper bridge on Dartmoor. Beside it stands an 18th-century road bridge. The riverside grass is good for picnics and paddling, and ponies often wander through. The village has a seasonal National Park visitor centre, a pub and a shop. It is a starting point for walks across the central moor, and you can follow the river on foot to Bellever Forest.
It is free. There is a paid car park nearby.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Bellever Forest & Tor
- Wistman's Wood
- Dartmeet
- Grimspound
- Princetown & Dartmoor Prison Museum
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Hound Tor
- Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement