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Drake Manor

This charming little pub is deservedly popular, with many visitors returning on a regular basis. Run by a friendly, long-serving landlady, it provides comfortable bedrooms and enjoyable, very fair value food. The heavily beamed public bar on the left has a chatty, easy-going feel, brocade-cushioned wall seats, prints of the village from 1905 onwards, horse tack and a few ship badges and a woodburning stove in a very big stone fireplace; a small door leads to a low-beamed cubbyhole. The snug Drakes Bar has beams hung with tiny cups and big brass keys, a woodburning stove in another stone fireplace, horsebrasses and stirrups, and a mix of seats and tables (note the fine high-backed stripped-pine settle with hood). On the right is a small beamed dining room with settles and tables on flagstones. Darts and board games. There's Dartmoor Jail Ale, Sharps Doom Bar and a guest from Exeter on handpump, ten wines by the glass, a dozen malt whiskies, 15 gins and three farm ciders; darts and board games. There are picnic-sets in the prettily planted and sheltered back garden and the front floral displays are much admired; morris men perform regularly in summer. They also offer an attractive self-catering apartment. Buckland Abbey (National Trust) is close by.