West Buckfastleigh
West Buckfastleigh is a small civil parish in the South Hams district, on the eastern border of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated within the parish are the village of Scorriton and the hamlets of Michelcombe and Combe. In 2011 it had a population of 301.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 293 residents
- Description: civil parish in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “West Buckfastleigh, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Hembury Castle.
Hembury Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hembury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort about a mile north-west of the village of Buckfast on the south-eastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. The fort is about 178 metres above sea level on a promontory between the River Dart on the east and the Holy Brook, south-west.
Buckfast Abbey
Church
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. Buckfast Abbey is situated 2½ miles east of West Buckfastleigh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckfastleigh and Ashburton.
Buckfastleigh
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckfastleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in Devon, England situated beside the Devon Expressway at the edge of the Dartmoor National Park.
Ashburton
Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles southwest of Exeter.
Poundsgate
Village
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poundsgate is a small village in Dartmoor, Devon, England, located on the road between Ashburton and Princetown. The postal area of "Poundsgate" is a wide geographical area. Poundsgate is situated 3 miles north of West Buckfastleigh.
West Buckfastleigh
- Category: civil parish
- Location: South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Buckfastleigh” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Buckfastleigh”
- Dutch: “West Buckfastleigh”
- French: “West Buckfastleigh”
- Irish: “Buckfastleigh Thiar”
- Polish: “West Buckfastleigh”
- Swedish: “West Buckfastleigh”
- Turkish: “West Buckfastleigh”
- Welsh: “West Buckfastleigh”
- “West Buckfastleigh”
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Highlights include Hawson Court and Green Down.
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