United Kingdom, England
Dartmoor is on one side and the Exmoor coast on the other, both empty out of season.
First instinct from Exeter: head west onto Dartmoor.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
81 mi
Best rated nearby
9.4 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 38 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Every road in the library carries a driving and scenery score set by the same method. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 31 May 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 4 hr 55 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
81 mi away · Brecon Beacons, Wales
A ribbon of hairpins climbing a bare Welsh moorland made famous by Top Gear.
19 km · 11.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
90 mi away · Black Mountains, Wales
Wales's highest surfaced road climbs open sheepwalks above the Wye valley.
11 km · 6.8 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 11 hr 53 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
166 mi away · Snowdonia, Wales
A dramatic pass beneath Snowdon's crags linking two of Wales's most storied villages.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
204 mi away · County Wicklow
Empty moorland tarmac over the Sally Gap, minutes from Dublin but utterly wild.
45 km · 28 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
166 mi away · Denbigh Moors, Wales
One leg of the legendary Evo Triangle, a flowing high speed moorland test road.
24 km · 14.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
186 mi away · Peak District, England
A biker and driver favourite of fast open curves past England's second highest pub.
11.5 km · 7.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
200 mi away · Peak District, England
Sweeping moorland A road that rolls and dips across the wild Pennine spine.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
229 mi away · Forest of Bowland, England
A ribbon of tarmac threading heather fells said to mark the centre of Britain.
10 km · 6.2 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
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