Tiverton
Tiverton is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was 20,587.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tiverton Castle and Knightshayes Court.
Tiverton Castle
Castle
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tiverton Castle is the remains of a medieval castle dismantled after the English Civil War and thereafter converted in the 17th century into a country house. It occupies a defensive position above the banks of the River Exe at Tiverton in Devon.
Knightshayes Court
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knightshayes Court is a Victorian country house near Tiverton, Devon, England, designed by William Burges for the Heathcoat-Amory family. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "an eloquent expression of High Victorian ideals in a country house of moderate size." The house is Grade I listed.
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life
Museum
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is a local history museum in Tiverton, Devon, England, to the southwest of Gotham House. It features various exhibits relating to the social and economic history of the Mid Devon region, one of the most popular being a steam locomotive known as the "Tivvy Bumper".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washfield and Bolham.
Washfield
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Washfield is a village, parish and former manor in Mid Devon, Devon, England, situated about 2 miles north-west of Tiverton. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Bolham
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolham is a village in the parish of Tiverton in Devon, England. It was the object of much attention in December 2011 when a Stags head, said to resemble that of the Exmoor Emperor was hung in the Hartnoll Hotel in Bolham.
Tiverton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9179° or 50° 55′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.4933° or 3° 29′ 36″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C2RWG94+5MGeoNames ID
7293317
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