From the moss-covered ruins of a lost ghost village to lonely ruins on The Chains and prehistoric ridge barrows, Martin Hesp explores four little-visited sanctuaries across Exmoor where the modern world recedes and true wilderness remains.

In an era dominated by GPS and instant lookup, can true countryside mystery still exist? Martin Hesp revisits his father Peter’s legendary Secret Exmoor walks, uncovering a secluded ring of sunken trees deep in the high moors and reflecting on why some wild, beautiful places deserve to stay hidden.