Burrator Discovery Centre - South West Lakes — Attraction in West Devon

Been coming here for 45 years, but recently the area up by the leat above Leather tor bridge has been totally ruined by the intrusive fencing. Totally spoils the scenery and atmosphere. I used to sit by the leat and enjoy looking along at it, now the view is blocked out by big wooden fences ! What's the point ? Animals can get round it by going in the woods. And even more stiles put up. We need to get rid of the stiles. I often have to crawl through the doggy bit as I can't afford to slip and break my leg on a difficult stile. When will the arboretum be open again? Its been closed for months but I never see or hear any work being...

Do not miss this little gem! My wife and I visited on Good Friday and were blessed with an excellent explanation of some key facets of the building of the dam with some incredible pictures from the current exhibition. The chap who explained this was incredibly informative, so glad we dropped in on our cycle ride around...

Short walk along the road past the water fall is the Burrator reservoir information centre, has lots of information about why the dam was placed here to the construction of the dam & when it was raised up by 10 foot. The guy gave us a cometary on its history & was very informative & interesting....