Walla Brook Head
Walla Brook Head is a spring in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Walla Brook Head is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cairn, as well as near the peak Hangingstone Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hangingstone Hill and Cranmere Pool.
Hangingstone Hill
Peak
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hangingstone Hill is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Cut Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the southwest.
Cranmere Pool
Pond
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cranmere Pool is a small depression within a peat bog in the northern half of Dartmoor, Devon, England, at grid reference SX604858. It lies 560 metres above sea level on the western flank of Hangingstone Hill, close to the source of the West Okement River, about 500 metres north west of the source of the East Dart River, and about the same distance west of the River Taw's source. Cranmere Pool is situated 1¼ miles west of Walla Brook Head.
Grey Wethers
Archaeological site
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grey Wethers consists of a pair of prehistoric stone circles, situated on grassy plateau to the north of Postbridge, Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. Grey Wethers is situated 2 miles southeast of Walla Brook Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batworthy and Gidleigh.
Batworthy
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batworthy is a village in Devon, England. Batworthy is situated 2½ miles east of Walla Brook Head.
Gidleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest. Gidleigh is situated 3½ miles northeast of Walla Brook Head.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 4 miles northwest of Walla Brook Head.
Walla Brook Head
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.65484° or 50° 39′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.94696° or 3° 56′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C2RM333+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 458774156OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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