Backswood Farm

Backswood Farm is a farm in Tiverton, Mid Devon District, England. Backswood Farm is situated nearby to the forest Barton Copse, as well as near Custom Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cranmore Castle and Bickleigh Castle.

Cranmore Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: NHSavage, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cranmore Castle is an Iron Age earthwork situated on a hillside above the Devon town of Tiverton in south-west England. Its National Grid reference is SS958118. Cranmore Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Backswood Farm.

Bickleigh Castle

Castle

Photo: Smb1001, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England. Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods which together formed a water castle. Bickleigh Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Backswood Farm.

Parish Church of St Matthew

Church

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of St Matthew is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Backswood Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butterleigh and Cadeleigh.

Butterleigh

Village

Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Butterleigh is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England situated about three miles south east of Tiverton. The village includes a public house, village hall and an award-winning blacksmith. It is famous for its harvest home.

Cadeleigh

Village

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Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton. Cadeleigh is situated 3 miles west of Backswood Farm.

Ash Thomas

Hamlet

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ash Thomas is a village in Devon, England. Ash Thomas was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. There is a village hall in Ash Thomas. Ash Thomas is situated 3 miles east of Backswood Farm.

Backswood Farm

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Tiverton, Mid Devon District, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.87367° or 50° 52′ 25″ north

Longitude

-3.48156° or 3° 28′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C2RVGF9+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 149918448

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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