Meavy

Meavy is a small village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.

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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.

Burrator Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Jolly Janner, Public domain.

Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the southern side of Dartmoor in Devon, 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 Plymouth and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands.

Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor

Church

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Paul

Church

Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yelverton and Dousland.

Yelverton

Village

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Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. It is in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum. 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.

Dousland

Village

Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dousland is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Plymouth by road.