Buckfast
Buckfast is a small village near Buckfastleigh in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, on the bank of the River Dart. It is the home of Buckfast Abbey, an active Benedictine monastery, which gave its name to Buckfast Tonic Wine, originally made there, and to the Buckfast bee, a bee breed originally developed at Buckfast Abbey.Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buckfast Abbey and Reed’s Cave.
Buckfast Abbey
Church
Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018.
Reed’s Cave
Cave
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reed's cave is a cave in Higher Kiln Quarry near Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor, Devon. It has many formations including the unique Little Man formation, which is beyond Easter Chamber.
Bakers Pit
Cave
Bakers Pit is a phreatic maze cave system near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. It was first opened in 1847 by quarrying activities. Bakers Pit is entered via a vertical descent of 16 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashburton and Combe.
Ashburton
Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles southwest of Exeter.
Combe
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combe is a small village in the county of Devon, England. It lies on the River Mardle about 2 miles north west of the town of Buckfastleigh. Combe is situated 2 miles west of Buckfast.
Scorriton
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scoriton is a tiny village in the county of Devon, England, and the main centre of habitation of the parish of West Buckfastleigh. Scorriton is situated 2 miles west of Buckfast.
Buckfast
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Teignbridge, Devon, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.49277° or 50° 29′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.78083° or 3° 46′ 51″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9C2RF6V9+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 539583427OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Polish—“Buckfast” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Buckfast”
- Italian: “Buckfast”
- Latin: “Buffestra”
- Polish: “Buckfast”
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Highlights include St Marys Cemetery and Monastic Way Exhibition.
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