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North Hessary Tor
517m (1696ft)

Dartmoor, Devon, England


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The summit of North Hessary Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


Record North Hessary Tor as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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English Dewey
147th highest in England,
336th in England & Wales

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English Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk North Hessary Tor walking UK Mountains in  Dartmoor National Park Devon, England

North Hessary Tor Summit

Photo: Bob Gordon

You can find North Hessary Tor & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

Dartmoor National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL28 Dartmoor


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

191 Okehampton & North Dartmoor


See North Hessary Tor and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Map:

See North Hessary Tor and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of North Hessary Tor by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk de146 North Hessary Tor from Princetown

Easy walk to fine views in all directions

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 4.75ml (7.5km)
Ascent:525ft (160m)
Time:2.25hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 2 Icon (Easy)
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Walk de122 North Hessary Tor, Great Mis Tor and Great Staple Tor from Princetown

High Moorland walk

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 11ml (17.5km)
Ascent:1,526ft (476m)
Time:5½ hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited North Hessary Tor Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged North Hessary Tor

Mark Davidson walked up North Hessary Tor on June 10th, 2008 [from/via/route] Walk de122 North Hessary Tor, Great Mis Tor & Great Staple Tor from Princetown [with] Theresa [weather] Lovely

Andy Richards climbed North Hessary Tor on May 6th, 2013 [from/via/route] from Princetown, then down via Rundlestone tor, Yellowmeade farm, Foggintor quarry & back via the old railway line [with] Becky and Rover & Guinness our woofers [weather] sunny with patchy cloud - a nice walk only spoilt a bit by the massive tv mast

Mike Walker has walked, climbed & bagged North Hessary Tor.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of North Hessary Tor

Dartmoor from North Hessary Tor

Dartmoor from North Hessary Tor

Photo: David Wade (1)

Princetown from the path to South Hessary Tor with North Hessary Tor beyond

Princetown from the path to South Hessary Tor with North Hessary Tor beyond

Photo: Jon Eckersall (2)

North Hessary Tor from South Hessary Tor

North Hessary Tor from South Hessary Tor

Photo: Jon Eckersall (5)

North Hessary Tor summit trig point

North Hessary Tor summit trig point

Photo: Pete Smith (1)


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