OP7

OP7 is a bunker in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. OP7 is situated nearby to the military installation Field Telephone Connection, as well as near OP8 (ruins).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yes Tor and High Willhays.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only three wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other two being the nearby High Willhays, and Black Hill in Herefordshire—that are above 2,000 feet. Yes Tor is situated 1½ miles west of OP7.

High Willhays

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England. High Willhays is situated 1½ miles west of OP7.

Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor

Archaeological site

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles east of OP7.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Belstone.

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.

Belstone

Village

Photo: Graham Loveland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England. Belstone is situated 3 miles north of OP7.

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 3½ miles northwest of OP7.

OP7

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Bunker
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.68643° or 50° 41′ 11″ north

Longitude

-3.97525° or 3° 58′ 31″ west

Levels

Operator

Ministry of Defence

Open location code

9C2RM2PF+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 405307011

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=observation_post

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