New Bridge

New Bridge is a locality in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. New Bridge is situated nearby to the locality Rowtor Target Railway, as well as near Pixie’s Pool.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yes Tor and High Willhays.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only three wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other two being the nearby High Willhays, and Black Hill in Herefordshire—that are above 2,000 feet.

High Willhays

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England.

Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor

Archaeological site

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles east of New Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Belstone.

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.

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 2½ miles northeast of New Bridge.

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 northwest of New Bridge.

New Bridge

Type: Locality
Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.69551° or 50° 41′ 44″ north

Longitude

-3.98905° or 3° 59′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C2RM2W6+69

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4867919845

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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