Gidleigh
Gidleigh is a locality in West Devon District, Devon, England. Gidleigh is situated nearby to the hamlet Teigncombe, as well as near the locality Forder.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scorhill and Holy Trinity Church, Gidleigh.
Scorhill
Photo: Paul Bedson, CC0.
Scorhill Stone Circle is now the common name for Gidleigh Stone Circle or Steep Hill Stone Circle, one of Devon's biggest and most intact stone circles, situated on Gidleigh Common near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom.
Holy Trinity Church, Gidleigh
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holy Trinity Church, Gidleigh dates from the late 15th-century, and is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Gidleigh, Devon.
Shovel Down
Peak
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shovel Down is an area of Dartmoor in Devon that is covered in megaliths including the remains of several stone rows, the Fourfold Stone Circle, and several standing stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chagford and Gidleigh.
Chagford
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles west of Moretonhampstead.
Gidleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest.
Throwleigh
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Throwleigh is a village and civil parish located 3 miles from Chagford and 6 miles from Okehampton, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Throwleigh is situated 2 miles northeast of Gidleigh.
Gidleigh
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.673° or 50° 40′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.9058° or 3° 54′ 21″ westElevation
1,247 feet (380 metres)Open location code
9C2RM3FV+6MGeoNames ID
7294961
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