Monksmead
Monksmead is a neighborhood in Tavistock, West Devon District, England. Monksmead is situated nearby to the neighborhood Highfield, as well as near Abbotsfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tavistock College and Tavistock Methodist Church.
Tavistock College
School
Tavistock College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Tavistock, Devon, England. As of April 2020, it had about 1800 pupils. The schools draws pupils from a catchment area of about 20 km radius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grenofen and Gunnislake.
Grenofen
Hamlet
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Grenofen is a hamlet in Devon. It is located about 2 miles south of Tavistock on the A386 at the southwestern edge of Dartmoor National Park. Grenofen was mentioned as Grenefenne in 1238 in the Assize Rolls for Devon. Grenofen is situated 2 miles southeast of Monksmead.
Gunnislake
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863. Gunnislake is situated 3 miles southwest of Monksmead.
Drakewalls
Village
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Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock. Primary education is provided by Delaware Community Primary School. Drakewalls is situated 3½ miles southwest of Monksmead.
Monksmead
- Type: Neighborhood
- Address: Tavistock
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Tavistock, West Devon District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.54138° or 50° 32′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.15754° or 4° 9′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C2QGRRR+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1558640013OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Highlights include Tavistock Primary & Nursery School and Our Lady of the Assumption.
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