The Beacon

The Beacon is a scenic viewpoint in Shute, East Devon, England. The Beacon is situated nearby to Little Orchard Alpacas, as well as near Shute Community Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Michael and New Shute House.

Church of St Michael

Church

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Michael is situated 1,800 feet west of The Beacon.

New Shute House

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

New Shute House is a late Palladian country house built between 1785 and 1789 by Sir John de la Pole, 6th Baronet and is situated within the grounds of Old Shute House, in the parish of Shute, near Axminster, East Devon. New Shute House is situated 1,800 feet southwest of The Beacon.

Church of St Giles

Church

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Giles is situated 1 mile east of The Beacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shute and Kilmington.

Shute

Village

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shute is a village, parish and former manor located 3 miles west of Axminster in East Devon, off the A35 road. It is surrounded by farmland and woodland beneath 163-metre Shute Hill.

Kilmington

Village

Photo: Sealman, Public domain.

Kilmington is a village near Axminster in East Devon off the A35 road. The village population at the 2021 Census was 925. Kilmington is a major part of Newbridges electoral ward whose population at the above census was 2,358.

Whitford

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon. It is situated on the western bank of the River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at Musbury.

The Beacon

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Shute, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.77196° or 50° 46′ 19″ north

Longitude

-3.05324° or 3° 3′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C2RQWCW+QP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1293230904

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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