Prowses

Places of Interest

Bickleigh Castle

Castle

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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

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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

Cadeleigh

Village

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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 and an award-winning blacksmith. It is famous for its harvest home. Butterleigh is situated 3 miles east of Prowses.

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