No. 6 Station Cottages, or Caob Rock as we know it, is an unusual house to have as a holiday cottage, situated as it is in the high moorland village of Princetown.  The house and seven others were built in about 1880 to house the employees of Princetown Station and the railway. The station buildings and the railway lines have long since gone, but the track itself to Yelverton remains, having become one of Dartmoor’s favourite walking and cycle paths.

 Within a few minutes of leaving the front door our visitors find themselves on the high moor with its sweeping views to Plymouth and Cornwall and the wild moor land vistas of Dartmoor.

 
Again within a few minutes walking, in the opposite direction, our visitors find themselves in the centre of the little town of Princetown. There is a Post Office and village stores, the choice of 3 cafes, and 2 very popular public houses, serving not only Princetown’s own beers but delicious food as well.