Drewsteignton
Drewsteignton is a village, civil parish and former manor within the administrative area of West Devon, England, also lying within the Dartmoor National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 833 residents
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Drewsteignton, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Drogo and Prestonbury Castle.
Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England.
Prestonbury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestonbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort on the north east edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Situated on a massive hilltop some 240 metres above sea level overlooking the Teign Valley, it is located near two other hill forts both of which lie about 2 km away.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crockernwell and Hittisleigh.
Crockernwell
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockernwell is a small village with a Methodist church. It is located 2 miles west of Cheriton Bishop and 12 miles west of Exeter, Devon, England.
Hittisleigh
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Devon is a large county in England's West Country. Uniquely amongst English counties, Devon has two coastlines: to the south, on the English Channel and to the north, on the Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel. Hittisleigh is situated 2½ miles north of Drewsteignton.
Drewsteignton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Devon District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7046° or 50° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.7901° or 3° 47′ 24″ westPopulation
833Elevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
9C2RP635+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29270588OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650992Wikidata ID
Q691588
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Drewsteignton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Drewsteignton”
- Chinese: “Drewsteignton”
- Chinese: “德魯斯泰恩頓”
- Chinese: “德鲁斯泰恩顿”
- Dutch: “Drewsteignton”
- French: “Drewsteignton”
- German: “Drewsteignton”
- Irish: “Drewsteignton”
- Italian: “Drewsteignton”
- Ladin: “Drewsteignton”
- Latin: “Taintona Drue”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Drewsteignton”
- Persian: “دروزتینتون”
- Polish: “Drewsteignton”
- Russian: “Дрюстейнтон”
- Swedish: “Drewsteignton”
- Welsh: “Drewsteignton”
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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 “Drewsteignton”. Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.