Museum of Dartmoor Life
The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum.Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Oakhampton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Museum Of Dartmoor Life”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Hart Hotel and Lloyds Bank.
Okehampton Library
Library
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton Library is situated 740 feet northeast of Museum of Dartmoor Life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belstone and Meldon.
Belstone
Village
Photo: Graham Loveland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England. Belstone is situated 2 miles southeast of Museum of Dartmoor Life.
Meldon
Hamlet
Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct. Meldon is situated 2½ miles southwest of Museum of Dartmoor Life.
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 2½ miles south of Museum of Dartmoor Life.
Museum of Dartmoor Life
- Categories: local museum, history museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Okehampton, West Devon District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73854° or 50° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.00351° or 4° 0′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C2QPXQW+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 459982935OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6940833
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Highlights include Town Hall and The London Inn.
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