Sparkwell

Sparkwell is a small village and civil parish in the South Hams district of . Historically it was part of Haytor Hundred. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1425.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,430 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in South Hams, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Plympton St Mary” and “Sparkwell, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dartmoor Zoological Park and Langage Power Station.

Zoo
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Dartmoor Zoological Society is a 33-acre zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of , in the county of in the South West of England.

Power station
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is a combined-cycle power plant near the city of in , England. Centrica, the original owners of the site, announced on 16 June 2006 that the natural gas fired power station was to be constructed on their behalf by Alstom.

Quarry
Photo: Southwesterner, Public domain.
, also known as Hemerdon Ball Mine, Hemerdon Bal Mine and previously as Drakelands Mine is a tungsten and tin mine. It is located 11 km northeast of , near , in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cornwood and Plympton.

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is a village in , in the county of . The village sits within the .

Town
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is a suburb of the city of in , England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries. is situated 3 miles west of Sparkwell.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in the South Hams, in , England. It lies about thirteen miles east of . It is at the southern extremity of , a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road. is situated 3½ miles east of Sparkwell.

Sparkwell

Latitude
50.4028° or 50° 24′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.9995° or 3° 59′ 58″ west
Population
1,430
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Open location code
9C2RC232+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1115693979
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7291192
Wiki­data ID
Q2744952
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Satellite Map

Discover Sparkwell from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Sparkwell” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “স্পার্কওয়েল”
  • Cebuano: “Sparkwell”
  • Chinese: “Sparkwell”
  • Chinese: “斯巴克威尔”
  • Chinese: “斯巴克威爾”
  • Dutch: “Sparkwell”
  • French: “Sparkwell”
  • German: “Sparkwell”
  • Gujarati: “સ્પાર્કવેલ”
  • Irish: “Sparkwell”
  • Italian: “Sparkwell”
  • Japanese: “スパークウェル”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಪಾರ್ಕ್ವೆಲ್”
  • Korean: “스파르크웰”
  • Ladin: “Sparkwell”
  • Lithuanian: “Sparkvelis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sparkwell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sparkwell”
  • Polish: “Sparkwell”
  • Portuguese: “Sparkwell”
  • Russian: “Спарквел”
  • Spanish: “Sparkwell”
  • Swedish: “Sparkwell”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்பார்க்வெல்”
  • Telugu: “స్పర్క్వేల్”
  • Urdu: “سپارکویل”
  • Welsh: “Sparkwell”
  • “Sparkwell”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sparkwell All Saints Primary School and All Saint’s Church.

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