Articles of interest in Ashburton
Devon (/ˈdɛvən/; archaically known as Devonshire) is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeas…
Torbay /tɔrˈbeɪ/ is a borough in Devon, England, administered by the unitary authority of Torbay Council. It consists of 62.87 square kilometres (24.27 sq mi) of land, spanning the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, located around an east-facin…
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about 22 miles (35 km) south of the city of Exeter and …
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 25,556.
Torbay is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Foster, a Conservative.
This list is of towns and cities in Devon in order of their population, according to the 2001 (Torbay 2011) census data from the Office for National Statistics. It comprises the Key Statistics for local authorities, civil parishes and wards that att…
Sandy Park is a rugby union stadium and award winning conference and banqueting centre in Exeter, England. It is the home ground of Exeter Chiefs who from the 2010–11 season have been playing in the Aviva Premiership, the top flight of the English r…
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast has been home to an abbey since 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac (later Cistercian) abbey constructed …
Castle Drogo is a country house near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. It was built from 1911 and was finished in 1930 for Julius Drewe (businessman and founder of the Home and Colonial Stores) to designs by architect Edwin Lutyens, and is a Grade I li…
Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is a country estate that is the headquarters of the Dartington Hall Trust, a charity specialising in the arts, social justice and sustainability.
The TQ postcode area, also known as the Torquay postcode area, is a group of fourteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eleven post towns. These postcode districts cover much of south Devon, including Torquay, Paignton, Newton…
Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family which had held the land since the 11th century. B…
The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between Paignton and Kingswear in Devon, England.
Wistman's Wood is one of only three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor, Devon, England.
Dartington College of Arts was a specialist institution near Totnes in Devon, southwest England, that focused on a performative and multi-disciplinary approach to the arts. It offered tertiary-level courses in postdramatic theatre, music, choreograp…
Greenway is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England.
Haytor, also known as Haytor Rocks, Hay Tor, or occasionally Hey Tor, is a granite tor on the eastern edge of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is at grid reference SX757770, near the village of Haytor Vale in the parish of Ilsington. Ther…
Widecombe-in-the-Moor /ˈwɪdɨkəm ɪn ðə ˌmʊə/ is a village on Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England.grid reference SX718767 The name is thought to derive from 'Withy-combe' which means Willow Valley. According to Widecombe's official website, there…
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