Meldon
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Meldon, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meldon Viaduct and Meldon Viaduct railway station.
Meldon Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Tina Cordon, CC BY 3.0.
Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England.
Meldon Viaduct railway station
Station
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meldon Viaduct railway station was a railway station at Meldon in Devon. It was renamed in 2015 from Meldon Quarry railway station.
Meldon Quarry
Quarry
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sourton and Rowtor Target Railway.
Sourton
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sourton is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Okehampton. It is at the north-western extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the A386 road. Sourton is situated 2 miles southwest of Meldon.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 2½ miles east of Meldon.
Okehampton
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.
Meldon
- Category: locality
- Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71282° or 50° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.04141° or 4° 2′ 29″ westElevation
823 feet (251 metres)Open location code
9C2QPX75+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 411315661OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Meldon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Meldon, Devon”
- Irish: “Meldon, Devon”
- Polish: “Meldon (Devon)”
- Polish: “Meldon”
- Welsh: “Meldon, Dyfnaint”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meldon Village Hall and Old Meldon Quarry.
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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 “Meldon”. Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.