Princetown
Princetown is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park. At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.
Photo: Totnesmartin, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 1,370 residents
- Description: village in Devon, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Princeton”
Places of Interest
Highlights: HM Prison Dartmoor and North Hessary Tor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Bridges and Lower Cherrybrook Bridge.
Lower Cherrybrook Bridge
Locality
Merrivale
Hamlet
Princetown
- Category: locality
- Location: West Devon District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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)
UN/LOCODE
GB PIW
Open location code
9C2RG2V5+QC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tor Royal and Devil’s Bridge.
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