Downderry
Downderry is a coastal village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 12 miles west of Plymouth and one mile east of Seaton. Downderry has a long beach of light shingle with road access to the beach via a slipway, although this is blocked by a locked gate, pedestrian access is still possible.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the parish of Deviock, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Downderri”, “Downderry, Cornwall”, and “Downderry, Deviock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and St Nicolas‘ CofE VA School, Downderry.
Monkey Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys. Monkey Sanctuary is situated 2 miles west of Downderry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seaton and Narkurs.
Seaton
Village
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaton is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles east of Looe and ten miles west of Plymouth. The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.
Narkurs
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narkurs is a hamlet in the south east of Cornwall, England. It is part of the civil parish of Deviock. It is about 2 km southeast of Hessenford. Historically an agricultural settlement, Narkurs has become smaller as this industry has declined, and in 2007 consisted of only 20 homes.
Hessenford
Hamlet
Photo: Mervyn R Body, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hessenford is a small village in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom, four miles west of St Germans on the A387 Polbathic to Polperro road. The village had a population of 170 at the 2001 census. Hessenford is situated 2 miles north of Downderry.
Downderry
- Category: locality
- Location: Deviock, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.36198° or 50° 21′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.37069° or 4° 22′ 15″ westElevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9C2Q9J6H+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 338474254OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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 “Downderry”. Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.