Great Pen

Great Pen is a hill in Colyton, East Devon, England and has an elevation of 509 feet. Great Pen is situated nearby to the village Southleigh, as well as near Northleigh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Colcombe Castle.

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. Colcombe Castle is situated 2 miles east of Great Pen.

Blackbury Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Blokenearexeter, Public domain.

Blackbury Camp, also known as Blackbury Castle, is an Iron Age hill fort in Devon, England. It is managed by English Heritage. Blackbury Camp is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Pen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodbridge and Colyford.

Woodbridge

Hamlet

Woodbridge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Farway, in the East Devon district, in Devon, England, south-south-east of the town of Honiton. The OS grid reference is SY1895. Woodbridge is situated 2 miles west of Great Pen.

Colyford

Village

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Colyford is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth on the A3052 road. Colyford is situated 2½ miles southeast of Great Pen.

Whitford

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Whitford is situated 3 miles east of Great Pen.

Great Pen

Type: Hill with an elevation of 509 feet
Category: landform
Location: Colyton, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.7418° or 50° 44′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.11127° or 3° 6′ 41″ west

Elevation

509 feet (155 metres)

Open location code

9C2RPVRQ+PF

GeoNames ID

12610431

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