Knowle
Knowle is a village near Braunton located on the A361 road between Ilfracombe and Barnstaple in North Devon, England. It is in the civil parish of Braunton. Knowle is situated near to the Iron Age fortification of Knowle Hill Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Braunton, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Knowle, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knowle Hill Castle and St Brannock’s Church.
Knowle Hill Castle
Archaeological site
Knowle Hill Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Devon, England. The fort is situated approximately 90 metres above sea level on a promontory above the River Caen, north of Braunton and close to the village of Knowle.
St Brannock’s Church
Church
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St Brannock's Church is a medieval Church of England church in Braunton, Devon, England. According to legend it was founded by Saint Brannock, a 6th-century Christian saint. It became a Grade I listed building on 25 February 1965.
Museum of British Surfing
Museum
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of British Surfing is a Museum based in Braunton, Devon; the museum contains exhibits relating to the history of surfing in the United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boode and Ash, Braunton.
Boode
Hamlet
Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boode is a small hamlet in North Devon, England. A large dairy farm is situated there. The farm won the Farmers Weekly 'Dairy Farmer of the Year' award 2011.
Ash, Braunton
Hamlet
Photo: HKSG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ash in the parish of Braunton in North Devon is a historic estate listed in the Domesday Book. The present mansion, known as The Ash Barton estate is a Grade II* listed building.
Saunton
Village
Photo: Kirsty Kliem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saunton is a village located approximately two miles from Braunton on the North Devon coast in the South West of England. Several kilometres long, the village borders Braunton Burrows, the heart of North Devon's Biosphere Reserve, the first "new style" UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve. Saunton is situated 2½ miles west of Knowle.
Knowle
- Category: locality
- Location: Braunton, North Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.12768° or 51° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.15263° or 4° 9′ 10″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C3Q4RHW+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 224477242OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Knowle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knowle”
- Irish: “Knowle”
- Polish: “Knowle”
- Welsh: “Knowle, Dyfnaint”
- Welsh: “Knowle”
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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 “Knowle”. Photo: Rabbi WP Thinrod, CC BY-SA 2.0.