Buckfastleigh is a small market town and civil parish in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway (A38) at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge District and, for ecclesiastical purposes lies within the Totnes Deanery. It has a population of 3,661. It is a centre of tourism, and is home to Buckfast Abbey, the South Devon Railway, the Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm and Otter Sanctuary, the Tomb of Squire Richard Cabell and The Valiant Soldier.
Population: 3,743
Latitude: 50° 28' 52.75" N
Longitude: -3° 46' 44.87" W
Preston is a suburb located in the northern part of Paignton in Devon. Preston is a popular destination for family holidays and has two main beaches; Hollicombe, a red sandy beach with cliffs and rock pools, and Preston Sands with rock pools, beach …
A rock formation on the stream bank, known as the Dragon's Den, gave rise to the legend of the Dragon of the O Brook.
Modbury Priory was a Benedictine priory in Modbury, Devon, England, established about 1140, and lasting until the 15th century.
Kingston is civil parish and small scattered village in the South Hams, Devon, England. It is three miles south west of Modbury, and about a mile from the mouth of the River Erme at Wonwell. See the entry for Erme Mouth. In 2001 the population of th…
Dartmoor Forest is a civil parish in Devon, England. It was formed in 1987 by the splitting of the former parish of Lydford. It covers about 56,000 acres (230 km2) entirely within Dartmoor National Park, and is the largest parish in Devon.
Cornworthy is a village and civil parish in South Hams, Devon, England.
Coffinswell is a small village in South Devon, England, just off the A380, the busy Newton Abbot to Torquay road.
Chudleigh Knighton is a small village in Devon, England, near to Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey.
Challaborough is a village and popular surfing beach in the District of South Hams on the south coast of Devon, England. The beach is popular with surfers from Plymouth and the surrounding area because of its powerful waves.
Broadhempston is a small village within the Teignbridge District Council Area in the County of Devon in the South West of England ("The West Country").
Bovey railway station sometimes known as Bovey for Ilsington was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England.
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England.
Abbotskerswell Priory, on the outskirts of the village of Abbotskerswell, near Newton Abbot, Devon, England, was the home of a community of Augustinian nuns from 1861 until 1983. It has now been converted into apartments for elderly people.
Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT) is a registered charity, set up to run Paignton Zoo after the death of its founder, Herbert Whitley, who established the zoo on his estate at Primley, Torquay in Devon in the 1920s.
West Alvington is a small village, located on the outskirts of Kingsbridge in South Devon on the A381 road. The approriate electoral ward is called Westville and Alvington.
It was opened on 16 March 1914, and is believed to be the oldest surviving purpose-built cinema in Europe. In its early days it featured a 21-piece orchestra, with each member paid a guinea to perform. There are 375 seats: 271 in the stalls, 104 in …
The Mounts is a small hamlet, containing only 17 houses, situated on the A381 road between Totnes and Kingsbridge in Devon, England. It is part of the parish of East Allington, and lies about one mile away from the main village. Although The Mounts'…
Stalldown Barrow, sometimes called Staldon, is a megalithic site in Devon, about 5 km from Harford. It consists of a long stone row.