Parracombe
Parracombe is a locality in North Devon, Devon, England. Parracombe is situated nearby to the village Martinhoe, as well as near the hamlet Blackmoor Gate.Places of Interest
Highlights include Woody Bay railway station and Beacon Castle.
Woody Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lynbarn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woody Bay, within the Exmoor National Park, is a station on the former Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon.
Beacon Castle
Archaeological site
Beacon Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Parracombe in Devon, England. It is situated on a hilltop some 290 metres above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley.
Voley Castle
Archaeological site
Voley Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated close to Parracombe in north Devon, England. The fort is situated on a promontory on the eastern side of Heale Down, approximately 230 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Lynton.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.
Lynton
Town
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately 17 miles north-east of Barnstaple and 18 miles west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers. Lynton is situated 4 miles northeast of Parracombe.
Barbrook
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbrook is a village in Devon, England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. Barbrook is situated 3 miles northeast of Parracombe.
Parracombe
- Type: Locality
- Location: North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.193° or 51° 11′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.9037° or 3° 54′ 13″ westElevation
853 feet (260 metres)Open location code
9C3R53VW+6GGeoNames ID
7293326
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