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Haytor Granite Tramway

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United Kingdom

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Wed 11

Light rain

7°C / 5°C

97% · 5.6 mm

Wind 11 km/h

Poor

Thu 12

Overcast

6°C / 0°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 22 km/h

Good

Fri 13

Clear sky

5°C / -4°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 9 km/h

Good

Sat 14

Overcast

8°C / -6°C

10% · 0.0 mm

Wind 20 km/h

Good

Sun 15

Rain

10°C / 3°C

88% · 11.7 mm

Wind 20 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Overcast

8°C / 2°C

37% · 0.0 mm

Wind 26 km/h

Fair

Tue 17

Light rain

6°C / 3°C

73% · 18.9 mm

Wind 17 km/h

Poor

Route

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About this trail

The Haytor Granite Tramway was a tramway built to convey granite from Haytor Down, Dartmoor, Devon to the Stover Canal. It was very unusual in that the track was formed of granite sections, shaped to guide the wheels of horse-drawn wagons.

From the Wikipedia article “Haytor Granite Tramway”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Countries
United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Trail point
50.58640, -3.76556 (Wikidata coordinate)
Wikidata
Q2921364

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Photo: “Haytor Granite Tramway with Haytor in background.jpg” by Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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