Where Is Meldon Reservoir?

Meldon Reservoir and Black Tor is a 4.6 mile loop trail located near Okehampton, Devon, England that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and bird watching. A circular and fairly strenuous walk through typical Dartmoor landscape in Devon.

Can you walk around Meldon Reservoir?

Enjoy a waterside walk around this lovely reservoir on Dartmoor. Parking is available at the eastern end of the reservoir but you could walk or cycle to the dam from nearby Okehampton using the Granite Way or the Dartmoor Way. ... It's a lovely two mile walk from the centre of Okehampton.

Where does Meldon reservoir supply?

Arguments continued about the precise location of the dam, with particular concerns raised about the fate of the many antiquities in the area. Work finally began in 1954 and the reservoir began supplying the communities of South Devon in 1957.