Disused railway stations (Exeter to Plymouth Line)
There are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England.
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery" (/ˈɒtəri/ or local /ˈɒtri/), is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of West Hill, Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John and Wiggaton, had a population of 7,692. The population of the parish alone was at the 2011 census was 4,898. There are two electoral wards in Ottery (Rural & Town). The total population of both wards at the above census was 9,022. The place-name 'Ottery St Mary' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as 'Otri' and 'Otrei'. 'Oteri Sancte Marie' is first mentioned in 1242. The town takes its name from the River Otter on which it stands, the river taking its name from the animal. The 'St Mary' element refers to the fact that the town belonged to the church of St Mary in Rouen in 1086.
Population: 4,463
Latitude: 50° 45' 0.00" N
Longitude: -3° 16' 0.01" W
There are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England.
Beer Quarry Caves is a man-made limestone underground complex located about a mile west of the village of Beer, Devon, and the main source in England for beer stone. The underground tunnels resulted from 2,000 years of quarrying beer stone, which wa…
Uffculme is a village located in the Mid Devon district, of Devon, England. Situated in the Blackdown Hills on the B3440, close to the M5 motorway, near Cullompton, Uffculme is on the upper reaches of the River Culm.
The Donkey Sanctuary is a British charitable organisation devoted to the welfare of donkeys.
Poltimore House is an 18th-century country house in Poltimore, Devon. The Manor of Poltimore was from the 13th to the 20th century the seat of the Bampfylde family, which acquired the title Baron Poltimore in 1831. The house retains much of the fabr…
Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, England, which, with its hillside garden and estate, has been owned by the National Trust since 1944 and is open to the public. The National Trust displays the house as a comfortable h…
Heavitree is a district of the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It lies to the east of the city centre, and was formerly the first significant village outside the city on the road to London.
Exminster is a village situated on the southern edge of the City of Exeter on the western side of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in the county of Devon, England. It is around 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Exeter, and has a population of …
The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal, downstream of Exeter, Devon, England.
Bicton College is a college with around 1,000 full-time and 3,500 part-time pupils, located near Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England. The college specialises in agriculture and currently offers courses in such topics as animal care, countryside manag…
Woodbury Common in East Devon is an area of common land that is predominantly heathland adjacent to the village of Woodbury, Devon. It is bordered to the South by the edge of the towns of Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton, the hamlet of Yettington to t…
The River Axe is a river in Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises near Beaminster in Dorset, flows west then south by Axminster and joins the English Channel at Axmouth near Seaton in Lyme Bay.
RAF Culmhead is a former Royal Air Force station, situated at Churchstanton on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, England.
Broadclyst is a village and civil parish that lies approximately 5 miles northeast of the city of Exeter, Devon, England, on the B3181. In 2001 its population was 2,830, reducing at the 2011 Census to 1,467. An electoral ward with the same name exis…
Silverton is a large village, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Exeter, in the English county of Devon. It is one of the oldest villages in Devon and dates from the first years of the Saxon occupation. In the year 2001, its population was 1,905,recount…
Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hill fort near Honiton in Devon. It dates from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC onwards to the Roman invasion. The fort is situated on a promontory to the north of and overlooking …
Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward …
Hemyock is a village in Devon, England. It is located approximately five miles from the Somerset town of Wellington. The village population at the 2011 Census was 1,519. Hemyock is part of the electoral ward of Upper Culm. The population of this war…