Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 36 miles west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which includes the village of Brandis Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,640 residents
- Description: town in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holsworthy, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The White Hart Hotel and Holsworthy Community College.
Holsworthy Community College
School
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holsworthy Community College is a co-educational secondary school located in Holsworthy in the English county of Devon. Previously a community school administered by Devon County Council, Holsworthy Community College became a foundation school on 31 August 2012 as part of a federation with Okehampton College.
Hats Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Robert Walden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hats Theatre is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilsworthy and Brandis Corner.
Chilsworthy
Village
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Chilsworthy is the name of two villages in south west England. One is on the Cornish side of the River Tamar, in the civil parish of Calstock, just upstream from Gunnislake. Chilsworthy is situated 1½ miles northwest of Holsworthy.
Brandis Corner
Hamlet
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Brandis Corner is a hamlet on the A3072 within the civil parish of Holsworthy in Devon, England. In the Cornish dialect, a brandis is a three-legged stool made of iron, or a three-cornered rest used for a kettle. Brandis Corner is situated 4 miles east of Holsworthy.
Thornbury
Village
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Thornbury is a small village and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about five miles north-east of the town of Holsworthy, comprises the five hamlets of Thornbury, Woodacott, Brendon, Lashbrook and South Wonford. Thornbury is situated 4½ miles northeast of Holsworthy.
Holsworthy
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Holsworthy, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.81238° or 50° 48′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.35263° or 4° 21′ 10″ westPopulation
2,640Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HWOOpen location code
9C2QRJ6W+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 33795758OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Holsworthy” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Holsworthy”
- Basque: “Holsworthy”
- Cebuano: “Holsworthy”
- Chinese: “Holsworthy”
- Chinese: “霍尔斯沃西 (德文郡)”
- Chinese: “霍尔斯沃西”
- Chinese: “霍爾斯沃西 (德文郡)”
- Chinese: “霍爾斯沃西”
- Dutch: “Holsworthy”
- French: “Holsworthy”
- German: “Holsworthy”
- Irish: “Holsworthy, Devon”
- Irish: “Holsworthy”
- Italian: “Holsworthy”
- Ladin: “Holsworthy”
- Latin: “Holsworthy”
- Malagasy: “Holsworthy”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holsworthy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Holsworthy i Devon”
- Persian: “هولسوورتی، دوون”
- Polish: “Holsworthy”
- Romanian: “Holsworthy”
- South Azerbaijani: “هولسوورتی، دوون”
- Spanish: “Holsworthy (Devon)”
- Spanish: “Holsworthy”
- Swedish: “Holsworthy”
- Turkish: “Holsworthy”
- Welsh: “Holsworthy, Dyfnaint”
- “Holsworthy”
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