Devon
West Devon District
Okehampton Hamlets

High Willhays

High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on , , at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England.
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Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yes Tor and Amicombe Hill.

Peak
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the second highest point on , , South West , at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet.

Peak
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as the Devil's Dome, is a hill in North in the southwest English county of . At 584 metres high, it is the sixth highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor.

Peak
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a prominent tor on the north-western flank of , , England. It is visible for a considerable distance on the approach to the moor from the west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Meldon.

Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a military narrow gauge target railway south of in , England, with a gauge of 24 inches.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of in , England. It is 4 km south-west of . Its main features are the and Reservoir and the nearby .

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of . It is at the north-western extremity of , a National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the A386 road.

High Willhays

Latitude
50.68522° or 50° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.01116° or 4° 0′ 40″ west
Elevation
2,041 feet (622 metres)
Open location code
9C2QMXPQ+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 325680713
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­cairn
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2646917
Wiki­data ID
Q5757442
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“High Willhays” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “High Willhays”
  • Czech: “High Willhays”
  • Dutch: “High Willhays”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هيج ويلهايس”
  • French: “High Willhays”
  • German: “High Willhays”
  • Japanese: “ハイ・ヒルウェイズ”
  • Ladin: “High Willhays”
  • Latin: “High Willhays”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “High Willhays”
  • Polish: “High Willhays”
  • Slovenian: “High Willhays”
  • Swedish: “High Willhays”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fordsland Ledge and Pixie’s Pool.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Field Telephone Connection and OP2 (ruins).

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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 “High Willhays”. Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.