Whiddon Down
Whiddon Down is a hamlet within the parish of Drewsteignton in Devon. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 267.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Post Inn and Spinsters’ Rock.
Spinsters’ Rock
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinsters' Rock is a Neolithic dolmen near Drewsteignton in Devon. It is situated on Shilstone Farm west of the village. It is near the A382 road. The dolmen consists of three granite supports rising to between 1.7 and 2.3 metres surmounted by a capstone measuring 4.5 by 3.1 metres.
Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England. Castle Drogo is situated 2½ miles southeast of Whiddon Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Throwleigh and South Zeal.
Throwleigh
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Throwleigh is a village and civil parish located 3 miles from Chagford and 6 miles from Okehampton, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Throwleigh is situated 1½ miles southwest of Whiddon Down.
South Zeal
Village
Photo: pete kilgannon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Zeal is a village on Dartmoor, in Devon, United Kingdom. It has a Church of England chapel and a Methodist chapel. The church is situated in the smaller South Tawton village, down the road, for which the parish is named. South Zeal is situated 2½ miles west of Whiddon Down.
Gidleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. Gidleigh is situated 3 miles southwest of Whiddon Down.
Whiddon Down
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Drewsteignton, West Devon District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71668° or 50° 43′ northLongitude
-3.85624° or 3° 51′ 23″ westElevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
9C2RP48V+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 148642515OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
“Whiddon Down” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Whiddon Down”
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