Black Torrington
Black Torrington is a village and civil parish in Torridge, Devon, England, situated between the towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh. It is located on and named after the River Torridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 528 residents
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Black Torrington, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Church of St Lawrence.
Church of Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Holy Cross is situated 1½ miles east of Black Torrington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandis Corner and Halwill Junction.
Brandis Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Scriniary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ miles west of Black Torrington.
Halwill Junction
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halwill is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district, in Devon, England just off the A3079 Okehampton to Holsworthy road. About a mile away on the main road is another settlement called Halwill Junction. Halwill Junction is situated 4 miles south of Black Torrington.
Thornbury
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 west of Black Torrington.
Black Torrington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Black Torrington, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82914° or 50° 49′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.17908° or 4° 10′ 45″ westPopulation
528Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C2QRRHC+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 330080120OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655439Wikidata ID
Q2745418
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Black Torrington” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Torrington”
- Chinese: “Black Torrington”
- Dutch: “Black Torrington”
- French: “Black Torrington”
- Irish: “Black Torrington”
- Ladin: “Black Torrington”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Black Torrington”
- Polish: “Black Torrington”
- Swedish: “Black Torrington (parish i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Black Torrington”
- Turkish: “Black Torrington”
- Welsh: “Black Torrington”
- “Black Torrington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Torrington Church of England Primary School and Coham Wood.
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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 “Black Torrington”. Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.