Fairmile
Fairmile is a hamlet in the English county of Devon. In the late 1990s, Fairmile became a focus of direct action protest activities, as squatters attempted to stop the construction of the A30 link road between Honiton and Exeter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fairmile, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Philip and St James and Escot, Talaton.
Escot, Talaton
House
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Escot in the parish of Talaton, near Ottery St Mary in Devon, is an historic estate. The present mansion house known as Escot House is a grade II listed building built in 1837 by Sir John Kennaway, 3rd Baronet to the design of Henry Roberts, to replace…
The King’s School
School
Photo: Rob Purvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The King's School is a secondary school and sixth form located in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. It was established as a choir school by the bishop John Grandisson in 1335, but was replaced by a grammar school by Henry VIII in 1545.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alfington and Whimple.
Alfington
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alfington is a small village in East Devon, on the River Otter. It is 2 miles north-east of Ottery St Mary. The church of St James was built of brick in the Early English style in 1849–52 to designs by the architect William Butterfield. Alfington is situated 1½ miles east of Fairmile.
Whimple
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whimple is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, approximately 9 miles due east of the city of Exeter, and 3 miles from the nearest small town, Ottery St Mary. Whimple is situated 2½ miles west of Fairmile.
Fluxton
Hamlet
Photo: Rob Purvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fluxton is a hamlet situated in the Otter Valley, East Devon. It is made up predominantly of old farmhouses and new barn conversions and has a population of approximately 99. Fluxton is situated 2½ miles south of Fairmile.
Fairmile
- Category: locality
- Location: Talaton, East Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.76677° or 50° 46′ 0″ northLongitude
-3.29558° or 3° 17′ 44″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C2RQP83+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 452981516OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Fairmile” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fairmile, Devon”
- French: “Fairmile”
- Irish: “Fairmile, Devon”
- Welsh: “Fairmile, Dyfnaint”
- Welsh: “Fairmile”
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Highlights include Mill Farm and Escot Village Hall.
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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 “Fairmile”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.