Canonteign Falls - Waterfall Walk including the Original 90 Victorian Steps

I visit Canonteign Falls on Dartmoor in Devon which is England’s highest man made water fall at 220 feet high . It is situated in Dartmoor National Park in the Teign Valley. It’s quite a climb to reach the main Lady Exmouth waterfall and includes climbing the original 90 Victorian steps. In the 1880s, the silver and tin mines which had made this part of Devon very prosperous were under threat of closure. Lady Susan, wife of the third Lord Exmouth, hated to think of the miners losing their only source of income, and came up with a project to occupy them. She decided to create a spectacular waterfall for the Estate. A team of miners were saved from redundancy to bring her vision to life. By redirecting the existing leat which had provided water for the sawmill and the mines, they were able to channel it towards a more exposed rocky outcrop just a few metres away, creating the dramatic 70 metre falls you can see here today. #dartmoor #waterfall #devon