Prowses
Prowses is a hill in Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, England and has an elevation of 561 feet. Prowses is situated nearby to the village Bickleigh, as well as near Cadeleigh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bickleigh Castle and Devon Railway Centre.
Bickleigh Castle
Castle
Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which together formed a water castle.
Devon Railway Centre
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Devon Railway Centre is in the village of Bickleigh in Mid Devon, England, at the former Cadeleigh railway station on the closed Great Western Railway branch from Exeter to Dulverton, also known as the Exe Valley Railway.
Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Archaeological site
Photo: Trotboy, Public domain.
Cadbury Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort close to Bickleigh, Devon, England. It was later encamped by the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War under Thomas Fairfax when he laid siege to Bickleigh Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cadeleigh and Up Exe.
Cadeleigh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton.
Up Exe
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5 miles north of the city of Exeter and 9 miles south of the town of Tiverton. Up Exe is situated 2½ miles south of Prowses.
Butterleigh
Village
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterleigh is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England situated about three miles south east of Tiverton. The village includes a public house, village hall, award-winning blacksmith and is famous for its harvest home. Butterleigh is situated 3 miles east of Prowses.
Prowses
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 561 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8491° or 50° 50′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.52585° or 3° 31′ 33″ westElevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
9C2RRFXF+JMGeoNames ID
12620421
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