DIG OUT A MAP of Dartmoor National Park, stick your finger right in the middle, and you’ve found Postbridge. Mind you, that fingertip will probably cover the entire settlement, for Postbridge is hardly big. Stretched out thinly along one of the only sizable roads to cross the moor, it boasts a population of little more than 300. But it’s the location that counts, and this friendly moorland hamlet, high amongst the folded granite hills, puts you right on the doorstep of an almost unlimited range of fine upland walks.
Because of its privileged position, Postbridge also brings in the crowds; so whilst a motorist keen to reach Tavistock or Moretonhampstead might blink and almost miss the sparse scatter of buildings, the settlement possesses just about everything a visiting walker might need: a large car park, a brand-new National Park visitor centre, a pub, hotels
