Bickleigh

Bickleigh is a small village on the southern edge of in , England. It has a population of about 50 people. It is in the South Hams district, and is about 7 miles north of city centre.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 3,870 residents
  • Description: village on the southern edge of Dartmoor in South Hams, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bickleigh, Devon” and “Bickleigh, South Hams”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Derriford Hospital and Plymbridge Woods.

Hospital
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is a large teaching hospital in , . The hospital serves Plymouth and nearby areas of and . It also provides tertiary cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, renal transplant surgery, and immunology/allergy for the whole of the South West Peninsula. is situated 2 miles southwest of Bickleigh.

Forest
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is a woodland in , Devon, England managed by The National Trust. The woods are named after the historic Plymbridge, a Grade II listed bridge over the . is situated 2 miles south of Bickleigh.

Pub
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is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roborough and Estover.

Village
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is a village in the South Hams of , England. Former home of , lies just outside the northern boundary of the city of on the main road to Tavistock, and is a popular dormitory village.

Suburb
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is a district in , England, within the boundary area. The original hamlet was extensively developed during the 1970s, into what became back then a large housing estate, consisting almost entirely of council houses, situated five miles northeast of Plymouth city centre in the county of . is situated 2 miles south of Bickleigh.

Suburb
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is a large suburban housing estate in north-west in the county of . The name is believed to have derived from the route into Plymouth often used by monks, which was known as the "South Way". is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bickleigh.

Bickleigh

Latitude
50.4421° or 50° 26′ 32″ north
Longitude
-4.08447° or 4° 5′ 4″ west
Population
3,870
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
9C2QCWR8+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304385866
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655722
Wiki­data ID
Q2282766
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Bickleigh” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বিকলেহ”
  • Cebuano: “Bickleigh (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, lat 50,45, long -4,13)”
  • Cebuano: “Bickleigh”
  • Chinese: “Bickleigh”
  • Chinese: “比寇利”
  • Dutch: “Bickleigh”
  • French: “Bickleigh (South Hams)”
  • French: “Bickleigh”
  • German: “Bickleigh”
  • Gujarati: “બિકલેઘ”
  • Irish: “Bickleigh”
  • Japanese: “ビックレイ”
  • Kannada: “ಬಿಕ್ಲಿ”
  • Korean: “빅레이”
  • Ladin: “Bickleigh”
  • Lithuanian: “Biklėjus”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bickleigh (South Hams)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bickleigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bickleigh”
  • Polish: “Bickleigh”
  • Portuguese: “Bickleigh”
  • Russian: “Биклей”
  • Spanish: “Bickleigh”
  • Swedish: “Bickleigh (parish i Storbritannien, lat 50,45, long -4,13)”
  • Swedish: “Bickleigh, South Hams”
  • Swedish: “Bickleigh”
  • Tamil: “பிக்களேயி”
  • Telugu: “బిక్లి”
  • Urdu: “بیکلییگھ”
  • Welsh: “Bickleigh, South Hams”
  • “Bickleigh”

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