Devon
Dartmoor
West Devon District

Meavy

Meavy is a small village in , in the county of . The village sits within the .
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  • Type: Village with 595 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Meavy, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burrator Reservoir and Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor.

Reservoir
Photo: Jolly Janner, Public domain.
is a reservoir situated on the southern side of in , England. It is part of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands.

Church
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yelverton and Dousland.

Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village on the south-western edge of , , in England. It is in the civil parish of . According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,858, which was slightly more than the 1,810 recorded at the 2011 census.

Village
Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in , England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is 10 kilometres northeast of the city of - 10 kilometres by road.

Village
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is a village in the county of . The village is located on the edge of , in the parish of and is approximately 1 mile from the village of , 9 miles from the city of and 5 miles from Tavistock. is situated 2½ miles west of Meavy.

Meavy

Latitude
50.4862° or 50° 29′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.0578° or 4° 3′ 28″ west
Population
595
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
Open location code
9C2QFWPR+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1622814258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642839
Wiki­data ID
Q2196923
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Meavy” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Меавй”
  • Cebuano: “Meavy”
  • Chinese: “Meavy”
  • Dutch: “Meavy”
  • French: “Meavy”
  • Irish: “Meavy”
  • Ladin: “Meavy”
  • Low German: “Meavy”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Meavy”
  • Polish: “Meavy”
  • Swedish: “Meavy”
  • Ukrainian: “Міві”
  • Welsh: “Meavy”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Meavy”. Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.