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North Devon District

Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a river-port town and civil parish in the district of , England. The town lies at the 's lowest crossing point before the .
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  • Type: Town with 21,000 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Devon, England
  • Also known as: “Barnstaple, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barnstaple railway station and Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, . It is 39 miles 75 chains from and 211.25 miles from .

Museum
Photo: Jack1956, CC0.
is a local museum covering the history and culture of the area and which is located in The Square in Barnstaple in Devon.

Hospital
Photo: Roger A Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an NHS district general hospital in the town of Barnstaple, , run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilton and Bradiford.

Suburb
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the town of Barnstaple, it is located about quarter of a mile north of the town centre, in the civil parish of Barnstaple, in the district, in the county of , England.

Suburb
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It is located in the civil parish of Barnstaple in the non-metropolitan area of .

Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in parish, , England, about 2 miles southwest of Barnstaple. The hamlets of St John's Chapel and Stoneylands are close by, to the west. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Barnstaple.

Barnstaple

Latitude
51.0804° or 51° 4′ 50″ north
Longitude
-4.06° or 4° 3′ 36″ west
Population
21,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BND
Open location code
9C3Q3WJQ+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18578704
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656281
Wiki­data ID
Q808532
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Barnstaple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بارنستيبل”
  • Armenian: “Բարնսթեփլ”
  • Armenian: “Բարնստապլ”
  • Asturian: “Barnstaple”
  • Azerbaijani: “Barnstapl”
  • Basque: “Barnstaple”
  • Belarusian: “Барнстапл”
  • Bengali: “বার্নস্ট্যাপল”
  • Bulgarian: “Барнстапъл”
  • Bulgarian: “Барнстъпъл”
  • Catalan: “Barnstaple”
  • Cebuano: “Barnstaple”
  • Chinese: “Barnstaple”
  • Chinese: “巴恩斯特普尔”
  • Chinese: “巴恩斯特普爾”
  • Chinese: “巴恩斯特珀爾”
  • Cornish: “Barnstaple”
  • Czech: “Barnstaple”
  • Danish: “Barnstaple”
  • Dutch: “Barnstaple”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارنستاپل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارنستيبل”
  • Esperanto: “Barnstaple”
  • French: “Barnstaple”
  • German: “Barnstaple”
  • Greek: “Μπαρνστέιπλ”
  • Gujarati: “બાર્નસ્ટેપલ”
  • Hebrew: “ברנסטפייל”
  • Hungarian: “Barnstable”
  • Irish: “Barnstaple”
  • Italian: “Barnstaple”
  • Japanese: “バーンスタパル”
  • Japanese: “バーンスタプル”
  • Japanese: “バーンスティプル”
  • Japanese: “バーンステイプル”
  • Kannada: “ಬರ್ನ್ಸ್ಟಾಪಲ್”
  • Korean: “반스터플”
  • Korean: “반스테이플”
  • Ladin: “Barnstaple”
  • Latin: “Barnastapula”
  • Latvian: “Bārnstapla”
  • Lithuanian: “Barnstaplas”
  • Lithuanian: “Barnstaplis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Barnstaple”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barnstaple”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barnstaple”
  • Norwegian: “Barnstaple”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “‘Bardanstapol”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bardanstapol/gw”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bardanstapol”
  • Persian: “بارنستاپل”
  • Polish: “Barnstaple”
  • Portuguese: “Barnstaple”
  • Romanian: “Barnstaple”
  • Russian: “Барнстапл”
  • Scots: “Barnstaple”
  • Silesian: “Barnstaple”
  • Slovenian: “Barnstaple”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارنستاپل”
  • Spanish: “Barnstaple”
  • Swedish: “Barnstaple”
  • Tamil: “பார்ன்ஸ்டபிள்”
  • Telugu: “బర్నస్టపుల్”
  • Thai: “บาร์นสตาเปิล”
  • Ukrainian: “Барнстейпл”
  • Urdu: “بارنستاپلی”
  • Urdu: “بارنسٹپل”
  • Volapük: “Barnstaple”
  • Welsh: “Barnstaple”
  • “Barnstaple”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barnstaple”. Photo: Rodw, Public domain.