Torrington, though the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated in the same region) is a small market town in the north of Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the River Torridge below. The centre of the town therefore commands spectacular views, though lower-lying parts are prone to occasional flooding. Torrington is in the very heart of Tarka Country, a landscape captured by Henry Williamson in his novel Tarka the Otter in 1927. Great Torrington has the most active volunteering community in the United Kingdom.
Population: 5,590
Latitude: 50° 57' 11.12" N
Longitude: -4° 08' 38.44" W
Northam railway station was a railway station on the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway in North Devon, close to Appledore. The station served the village of Northam, Parish of Northam, a community within the Appledore peninsula.
Marlands Works was a busy industrial site for just over a century, firstly on the Torrington and Marland Railway, built to carry bricks and clay on a three-feet gauge, which in turn was subsumed in 1925 by the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light…
Knowle Hill Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated close to Braunton in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a hillside forming a promontory above the River Caen at approx 90 metres above sea level to the north of the town, close to the village…
Hembury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated close to Tythecott, south of Buckland Brewer in Devon.
Frithelstock Priory was founded in about 1220 at Frithelstock, Devon, England, by Sir Robert de Beauchamp for Augustinian Canons Regular, as an indulgence to ensure intercessions for the repose of his soul.
Fremington Local Nature Reserve is a Local Nature Reserve situated between Bideford and Barnstaple in North Devon. The Local Nature Reserve was designated in 2006. The reserve comprises two separate areas: Lovell's Field and Leat Meadow. Both locati…
East and West Buckland is a civil parish in the English county of Devon.
East Buckland is a small village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, next to the village of West Buckland. The village has an Anglican church which is frequented by the nearby West Buckland School.
Cunnilear Camp is an Iron Age hill fort close to the village of Loxhore in Devon, England.
Churchill is a hamlet near East Down, Devon, in England. The author Nancy Phelan describes her time in the area in The Swift Foot in Time.
Chelfham is a small borough in North Devon, situated between Bratton Fleming and Barnstaple (the largest town in North Devon).
Burridge Fort is an Iron Age Hill fort situated to the North East of Barnstaple in Devon, England. The fort occupies a hill top approx 150 Metres above Sea Level overlooking the Yeo and Bradiford rivers.
Bittadon is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England.
Berry Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort close to Weare Giffard in Devon to the North of Great Torrington. The fort takes the form of an oval enclosure situated on a promontory in Huntshaw Wood some 95 Metres above Sea Level.
Swanpool, near Braunton, Devon, England, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) managed by the Devon Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.
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