Guardroom
Guardroom is a building in Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, England. Guardroom is situated nearby to Assault Course, as well as near the shooting range DCCT 131.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Okehampton Castle and Okehampton railway station.
Okehampton Castle
Photo: john spivey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River. Okehampton Castle is situated 3,600 feet north of Guardroom.
Okehampton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the Dartmoor line serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. The station closed to regular traffic in 1972, but heritage and occasional mainline services ran from 1997 to 2019. Okehampton railway station is situated 1 mile north of Guardroom.
Fice’s Well And Cross
Wayside cross
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fice’s Well And Cross is a wayside cross, which is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Guardroom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okehampton and Rowtor Target Railway.
Okehampton
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches.
Meldon
Hamlet
Photo: Seglea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton. Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct. Meldon is situated 2 miles west of Guardroom.
Guardroom
- Type: Building
- Categories: security checkpoint and military installation
- Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7214° or 50° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
-4.00311° or 4° 0′ 11″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C2QPXCW+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 404081491OpenStreetMap feature
building=serviceOpenStreetMap feature
military=checkpoint
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