Island of Rocks

Island of Rocks is an island in Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, England. Island of Rocks is situated nearby to the hamlet Meldon, as well as near the village Sourton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yes Tor and High Willhays.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only three wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other two being the nearby High Willhays, and Black Hill in Herefordshire—that are above 2,000 feet.

High Willhays

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England.

Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

Church

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meldon and Sourton.

Meldon

Hamlet

Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct.

Sourton

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sourton is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Okehampton. It is at the north-western extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales, and lies along the A386 road.

Rowtor Target Railway

Locality

Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 2½ miles east of Island of Rocks.

Island of Rocks

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.69385° or 50° 41′ 38″ north

Longitude

-4.04275° or 4° 2′ 34″ west

Elevation

1,033 feet (315 metres)

Open location code

9C2QMXV4+GV

GeoNames ID

13285327

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