Devon
Torridge District
Great Torrington

Great Torrington

Great Torrington is a market town in , England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the below, with the lower-lying parts of the town prone to occasional flooding.
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  • Type: Town with 5,710 residents
  • Description: market town in the north of Devon, England
  • Also known as: “Great Torrington, Devon” and “Torrington”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington and Black Horse Hotel.

Church
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The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of England parish church in Great Torrington, . It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1951.

Pub
Photo: Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Church
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taddiport and Beam, Great Torrington.

Village
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is a hamlet in , , near Great Torrington. The name is believed to derive from toad, a place where toads were found. In the Middle Ages it was a leper colony.

Locality
Beam is an historic estate in the parish of Great Torrington, , England. Beam House is situated about 1 1/2 miles north-west and downstream of that town, on the right-bank of the . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Torrington.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of , England. The village lies about 2.5 miles east of the town of Great Torrington, and the parish, which had a population of 566 in 2001 compared with 623 in 1901… is situated 2½ miles east of Great Torrington.

Great Torrington

Latitude
50.95205° or 50° 57′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.14288° or 4° 8′ 34″ west
Population
5,710
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GTO
Open location code
9C2QXV24+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 280223832
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648004
Wiki­data ID
Q1242349
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Great Torrington” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Great Torrington”
  • Basque: “Great Torrington”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট টুরিংটন”
  • Cebuano: “Great Torrington”
  • Chinese: “Great Torrington”
  • Chinese: “大托靈頓”
  • Chinese: “大拓灵顿”
  • Chinese: “大拓靈頓”
  • Dutch: “Great Torrington”
  • French: “Great Torrington”
  • German: “Great Torrington”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રેટ ટોરિંગ્ટન”
  • Irish: “Great Torrington”
  • Italian: “Great Torrington”
  • Japanese: “グレート・トーリントン”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಟೊರಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “그레이트 토링턴”
  • Ladin: “Great Torrington”
  • Latin: “Great Torrington”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Toringtonas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Great Torrington”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Great Torrington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Torrington”
  • Persian: “گریت تورینگتون”
  • Polish: “Great Torrington”
  • Portuguese: “Great Torrington”
  • Romanian: “Great Torrington”
  • Russian: “Грейт-Торрингтон”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قریت تورینقتون”
  • Spanish: “Great Torrington”
  • Swedish: “Great Torrington”
  • Tamil: “கிரேட் டோரிங்டன்”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ టోర్రింగ్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Great Torrington”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий Торринґтон”
  • Urdu: “گریٹ تورینجٹن”
  • Welsh: “Great Torrington”
  • “Great Torrington”

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