Cockington
Cockington is a village near Torquay, in the Torbay district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Cockington with Chelston had a population of 8,366 in 2021. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about two miles from the centre of Torquay.Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 10,000 residents
- Description: village in Torbay, Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cockington, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gamekeeper’s Cottage and Church of St George and St Mary.
Gamekeeper’s Cottage
Historic building
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gamekeeper’s Cottage is a historic building.
Warren Barn
Historic building
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Warren Barn is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelston and Torre.
Chelston
Suburb
Photo: Paul Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area.
Torre
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies 18 miles south of the county town of Exeter and 28 miles east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham.
Preston
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston is a suburb located in the northern part of Paignton in Devon. Preston is a popular destination for family holidays and has two main beaches; Hollicombe, a red sandy beach with cliffs and rock pools, and Preston Sands with rock pools, beach huts and facilities.
Cockington
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.46345° or 50° 27′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.55933° or 3° 33′ 34″ westPopulation
10,000Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9C2RFC7R+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 254495572OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11239661Wikidata ID
Q5139618
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Satellite Map
Discover Cockington from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cockington” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cockington”
- Chinese: “科金顿”
- Dutch: “Cockington”
- French: “Cockington”
- Irish: “Cockington”
- Japanese: “コッキングトン”
- Japanese: “コッキントン”
- Polish: “Cockington”
- Swedish: “Cockington”
- Urdu: “کوکنگٹن”
- Welsh: “Cockington”
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