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Okehampton Castle in Devon

Okehampton

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction W)

There has been a settlement at Okehampton since the Bronze-Age, later it became a prosperous Saxon town with the Saxon Lords being overthrown at the time of the Conquest...

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Gidleigh Church, on the edge of Dartmoor

Gidleigh

(3.9 miles, 6.2 km, direction SE)

The small wooded village of Gidleigh stands in superb wooded countryside at the heart of the Dartmoor National Park...

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Chagford

Chagford

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction SE)

With haunting scenery, quaint cottages, pretty streets and alleyways Chagford has something for everyone...

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On the edge of Dartmoor

Drewsteignton

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction E)

This attractive village is one of the most beautifully laid out of all Devon villages with pretty cottages set around a fine village square...

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St. Peters Church at Zeal Monachorum, Devon

Zeal Monachorum

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction NE)

Set amid the rolling agricultural heartland of Devon, Zeal Monachorum is the very epitome of the perfect, tranquil Devonian village...

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North Bovey Church

North Bovey

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction SE)

North Bovey is a picturesque village in Dartmoor. It boasts a shaded village green, 18th century thatched cottages, a thatched pub dating from the 13th century, and a wonderful.....

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Clapper Bridge at Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon

Postbridge

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction S)

Postbridge is a tiny hamlet, yet this richly wooded area, at the heart of the moor has become a natural starting point for the thousands of visitors who annually come to explore the splendour and wonders of the moor...

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Two Bridges, Devon

Two Bridges

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction S)

Two Bridges is the junction of the two major routes across central Dartmoor, and thus attracts a lot of visitors in the summer...

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Lustleigh, Devon

Lustleigh

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SE)

Rather special, in a favoured position close to the clear waters of the River Bovey, is the lovely old village of Lustleigh...

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Country road outside Crediton

Crediton

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction E)

Always a beautiful place, Crediton must have been awesome in the year AD674 when legend tells us that St. Boniface was born here as plain Winfrith...

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Shilley Pool on Dartmoor

Cosdon Hill & Shilley Pool

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

A beauty spot on the North-East side of Dartmoor...

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Nine Maidens stone circle at Belstone Tor on Dartmoor, Devon

The Nine Maidens Stone Circle

(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction SW)

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The Barbican - Okehampton Castle

Okehampton Castle

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction W)

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Spinster's Rock, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor, County Devon, England

Spinster's Rock

(4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction SE)

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Castle Drogo, Near Exeter, Devon

Castle Drogo

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction SE)

Fortune rarely smiles on people the way it did on Sir Julius Drewe. In 1899 at the age of 33 he was able to retire from the.....

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Fernworthy Stone Circle, near Chagford, Devon

Fernworthy Stone Circle

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction S)

Fernworthy Stone Circles are set against the majestic backdrop of some of Dartmoor's highest peaks, in a beautiful forest spot.....

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Grey Wethers Stone Circle, near Okehampton, Devon

Grey Wethers Stone Circle

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction S)

This unique double ringed circle is less dramatic than most and is interesting for the fact that the circles lie side by side.....

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One of the huts at the Bronze-Age village of Grimspound, on Dartmoor

Grimspound

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction SE)

Dartmoor often makes its visitors uneasy with haunting tales of terror as immortalised in the stories of Conan Doyle, and this.....

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Bridge over the river at Lydford Gorge, Devon.

Lydford Gorge

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SW)

A picturesque stone bridge crosses the River Lyd just south of the village of Lydford. At this point the river often falls fast.....

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Lydford Castle, Lydford, Devon

Lydford Castle

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction SW)

A simple square keep is all that remains of Lydford Castle. The castle, standing on a small mound in the shadow of the church.....

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