Princetown

Princetown is a village in , in the county of . The village sits within the . At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.
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  • Type: Village with 1,370 residents
  • Description: village in Devon, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Princeton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include HM Prison Dartmoor and North Hessary Tor.

Prison
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is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on in the English county of . Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor.

Peak
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is a 517 metres hill just above Dartmoor Prison, in Princetown within civil parish, which is in the borough of West Devon, Devon, England.

Peak
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Two Bridges and Lower Cherrybrook Bridge.

Hamlet
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
is an isolated location on the river West Dart in the heart of National Park in , England. It is situated around 2.5 km northeast of Princetown at the intersection of the two roads that cross Dartmoor: one is the old turnpike road which was built across Dartmoor in the late 18th century; the other is the B3357.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Princetown.

Hamlet
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is a locality in western , in the West Devon district of , England. It is best known for the nearby series of Bronze Age megalithic monuments to the south and a former granite quarry. is situated 3 miles west of Princetown.

Princetown

Latitude
50.5444° or 50° 32′ 40″ north
Longitude
-3.9915° or 3° 59′ 29″ west
Population
1,370
Elevation
1,375 feet (419 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PIW
Open location code
9C2RG2V5+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 129983760
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639885
Wiki­data ID
Q1221024
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Princetown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Princetown”
  • Cebuano: “Princetown”
  • Chinese: “普林斯敦”
  • Dutch: “Princetown”
  • French: “Princetown”
  • German: “Princetown (Dartmoor)”
  • German: “Princetown”
  • Irish: “Princetown”
  • Italian: “Princetown”
  • Latin: “Princetown”
  • Persian: “پرینستاون”
  • Polish: “Princetown”
  • Spanish: “Princetown”
  • Swedish: “Princetown”
  • Welsh: “Princetown”

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