Puffing Billy
Puffing Billy is a pub in Little Torrington, Torridge District, England. Puffing Billy is situated nearby to the golf course Great Torrington Golf Club, as well as near the locality Beam, Great Torrington.Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Great Torrington, Devon, UK
- Also known as: “Puffing Billy, Great Torrington, Torrington” and “The Puffing Billy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapel Of St Mary Magdalene and Great Torrington Town Hall.
Chapel Of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Stephen Bashford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapel Of St Mary Magdalene is a church, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Puffing Billy.
Great Torrington Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Torrington Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Great Torrington, Devon, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Great Torrington Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Great Torrington Town Hall is situated 1 mile east of Puffing Billy.
St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington
Church
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of England parish church in Great Torrington, Devon. It has been a Grade II* listed building since 1951. As a traditional catholic parish. St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington is situated 1 mile east of Puffing Billy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beam, Great Torrington and Taddiport.
Beam, Great Torrington
Locality
Beam is an historic estate in the parish of Great Torrington, Devon, England. Beam House is situated about 1 1/2 miles north-west and downstream of that town, on the right-bank of the River Torridge.
Taddiport
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Taddiport is a hamlet in North Devon, England, near Great Torrington. The name is believed to derive from toad, a place where toads were found. In the Middle Ages it was a leper colony.
Huntshaw
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntshaw is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England. It is 2.5 north north east of Great Torrington. In 2011 the population of the civil parish of Huntshaw was 134, although it was 143 in 1901 and 212 in 1801. Huntshaw is situated 2½ miles northeast of Puffing Billy.
Puffing Billy
- Categories: building and railway station
- Location: Little Torrington, Torridge District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.95716° or 50° 57′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.1656° or 4° 9′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C2QXR4M+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 152203117OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationWikidata ID
Q79684460
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