Princetown, any business they all have them....most are multiples....there are 12 to 24 box series around most of the Tors....at least there used to be....

Ask at any pub aroudn Dartmoor! They probably have a letterbox.

Just to be clear, they probably have stamps. They don't consider it a letterbox unless it's hidden outdoors and requires a bit of searching in order to find. It's like the difference between an event stamp and a real letterbox.

But if you look at a map of Dartmoor, anything marked as a "tor" probably has some letterboxes hidden around. Just look around for a good hiding place and you can find tons of them! Especially those tors that are near parking areas--they, as a whole, seem to have the most letterboxes.

If you look around for 10 minutes and don't find anything, that doesn't mean that there aren't any letterboxes around--but the area probably isn't very full of them either.

As for recommended boxes, the Cranmere Pool box is legendary since it started the letterboxing phenomena--it's special to get the world's first letterbox! But it tends to require a bit of advance planning. You don't want to walk through the area when there are military exercises going on--getting blown up could really ruin your day! And it's quite a hike compared the tors where most letterboxes can be found. And you'll need a good topo map or the exact GPS coordinates if you want to find it since there's not even a visible trail that will lead you to it. But it's definitely a special box if you have the time and energy to make a go of it.

-- Ryan

Totally valid. And the reason you just want to hit any big Tor is a family of four (boxers) we ran into at lunch in Princeville on day gave us the following advice:
-let the men "putter" with their compasses
-the kids said they got paid 10p by their dad for every box they brought him so they just go out and stick their arms under every conceivable niche and that they did better than their dad
-I asked the mother about randomly sticking your arm in holes but she assured me that there are no "nasty stinging or biting creature" in Dartmoor