Postbridge
Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brian Henman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Gabriel and Kraps Ring.
Kraps Ring
Archaeological site
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kraps Ring is an archaeological site.
Bellever Tor
Peak
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellever Tor is a granite tor in the centre of Dartmoor, England. It provides panoramic 360 degree views and is located near Bellever Forest and the popular village of Bellever. There are numerous Kists and Cairn Circles on its slopes. Bellever Tor is situated 1½ miles south of Postbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellever and Statts Bridge.
Bellever
Hamlet
Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is located on the river East Dart about 2 kilometres south of Postbridge. The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle and ford.
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine
Locality
Photo: Charles Drown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England. Located in the valley of the Redwater Brook, to the east of the B3212 Moretonhampstead to Princetown road, below the Warren House Inn, the mine was worked between the mid–18th century and 1925. Birch Tor and Vitifer mine is situated 2½ miles northeast of Postbridge.
Postbridge
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Devon, England
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.59538° or 50° 35′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.90881° or 3° 54′ 32″ westElevation
1,093 feet (333 metres)Open location code
9C2RH3WR+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 325971511OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Slovak—“Postbridge” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Postbridge”
- Danish: “Postbridge”
- Estonian: “Postbridge’i sild”
- French: “Postbridge”
- German: “Postbridge”
- Low German: “Postbridge”
- Slovak: “Postbridge”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Postbridge Village Hall and Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Postbridge”. Photo: Brian Henman, CC BY-SA 2.0.