Roborough Rock

Yelverton Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop immediately south-west of Yelverton, Devon. It is located at the southern end of the former RAF Harrowbeer airfield on Roborough Down, next to the border with the A386.

Photo: Mark Land, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Paul and Rock Inn.

Church of St Paul

Church

Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rock Inn

Pub

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rock Inn is a pub.

Buckland Abbey

Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National Trust. Buckland Abbey is situated 2 miles west of Roborough Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yelverton and Crapstone.

Yelverton

Village

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Crapstone

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crapstone is a village in the county of Devon. The village is located on the edge of Dartmoor, in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and is approximately 1 mile from the village of Yelverton, 9 miles from the city of Plymouth and 5 miles from Tavistock.