Mamhead
Mamhead is a rural village and civil parish near Dawlish and Kenton in Devon, South West England, in the Teignbridge local authority area. Current community venues include Mamhead Village Hall and The Church of England parish church, dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle, On high ground on the Haldon Hills, dense woodlands open out into views of the coast and the estuary of the River Exe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 146 residents
- Description: village in Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Mamhead, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Obelisk and Church of St Thomas.
Powderham Castle
Castle
Photo: raymond cocks, CC BY 2.0.
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house in Exminster, Devon, 6 miles south of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. Powderham Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Mamhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dawlish and Exmouth.
Dawlish
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dawlish is an English seaside resort town and civil parish in Teignbridge in the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon, 12 miles from Exeter. Its population was about 16,000 in 2018.
Exmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exmouth is a seaside town in East Devon. Exmouth is Devon's oldest seaside resort and has a two mile long golden, sandy beach fronting the channel which attracts visitors and locals all year round.
Lympstone
Photo: Ray Girvan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympstone is a former fishing village in East Devon, between Exeter and Exmouth. It has become a home mainly for commuters and tourists.
Mamhead
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Teignbridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.6191° or 50° 37′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.5021° or 3° 30′ 7″ westPopulation
146Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C2RJF9X+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 517233548OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7300303Wikidata ID
Q674241
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Satellite Map
Discover Mamhead from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Mamhead” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мамхеад”
- Cebuano: “Mamhead”
- Chinese: “Mamhead”
- Dutch: “Mamhead”
- French: “Mamhead”
- Irish: “Mamhead”
- Ladin: “Mamhead”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mamhead”
- Persian: “ممهد”
- Polish: “Mamhead”
- Swedish: “Mamhead”
- Welsh: “Mamhead”
- “Mamhead”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jackdaw Hill and Gulliford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Channel and Exe Estuary and Pitt Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mamhead”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.