West Country
Devon
Exeter District

Countess Wear

Countess Wear is a district within the city of , Devon, England. It lies about two miles south-east of the city centre, on the north bank of the estuary of the .
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Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Wear”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Countess Wear Beefeater and Wesc Foundation School.

Restaurant
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a restaurant.

School
Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Church
Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcourt and Wonford.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of and in , England, located between and Topsham. It has a and forms part of the electoral ward of Topsham. Other local amenities include a school and a community centre.

Suburb
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is a former village, manor and ecclesiastical parish in Devon, England, now a part of the City of . The 13th century St Loye's Chapel situated within the parish now gives its name to the surrounding location.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of in , England, located by . Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Hospital.

Countess Wear

Latitude
50.70058° or 50° 42′ 2″ north
Longitude
-3.49491° or 3° 29′ 42″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
9C2RPG24+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 252745139
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2652240
Wiki­data ID
Q5177074
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Satellite Map

Discover Countess Wear from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lower Wear and Mount Wear.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King George V Playing Fields and Infocus College.

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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 “Countess Wear”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.