Whitford
Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon. It is situated on the western bank of the River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at Musbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Whitford, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary at the Cross and Colcombe Castle.
St Mary at the Cross
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary at the Cross is a Church of England church in Whitford, Devon, England. It was built in 1908 and remains active as part of the Five Alive Mission Community.
Colcombe Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Colcombe Castle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi north of the town of Colyton in East Devon, England. It was a seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon, whose principal seat was Tiverton Castle, about 22 miles to the north west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shute and Colyton.
Shute
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shute is a village, parish and former manor located 3 miles west of Axminster in East Devon, off the A35 road. It is surrounded by farmland and woodland beneath 163-metre Shute Hill.
Colyton
Photo: Erp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colyton is a town in Devon, England. It is located within the East Devon local authority area, the river River Coly runs through it. It is 3 miles from Seaton and 6 miles from Axminster.
Kilmington
Village
Photo: Sealman, Public domain.
Kilmington is a village near Axminster in East Devon off the A35 road. The village population at the 2021 Census was 925. Kilmington is a major part of Newbridges electoral ward whose population at the above census was 2,358. Kilmington is situated 1½ miles north of Whitford.
Whitford
- Category: locality
- Location: Shute, East Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.75599° or 50° 45′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.0502° or 3° 3′ 1″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C2RQW4X+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 26461367OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Whitford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whitford, Devon”
- French: “Whitford”
- Irish: “Whitford”
- Polish: “Whitford (Devon)”
- Polish: “Whitford”
- Welsh: “Whitford, Dyfnaint”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Colcombe and Spillers Farm.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whitford Village Hall and New Shute House.
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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 “Whitford”. Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.