Tawstock Tower
Tawstock Tower is a folly building dating from the 18th-century that stands in the village of Tawstock in North Devon. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since February 1965.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hotel
- Description: tower in Tawstock, North Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Tawstock Castle” and “The Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pill railway bridge and Barnstaple railway station.
Pill railway bridge
Bridge
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pill railway bridge is situated 2,400 feet east of Tawstock Tower.
Barnstaple railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barnstaple railway station is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, Devon. It is 39 miles 75 chains from Exeter Central and 211.25 miles from London Waterloo. Barnstaple railway station is situated 1 mile north of Tawstock Tower.
Church of St Peter, Tawstock
Church
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter, Tawstock is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Tawstock Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastacombe and Barnstaple.
Eastacombe
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastacombe is a hamlet in Tawstock parish, Devon, England, about 2 miles southwest of Barnstaple. The hamlets of St John's Chapel and Stoneylands are close by, to the west.
Barnstaple
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Barnstaple is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel.
Pilton
Suburb
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pilton is a suburb of the town of Barnstaple, it is located about quarter of a mile north of the town centre, in the civil parish of Barnstaple, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Pilton is situated 2 miles north of Tawstock Tower.
Tawstock Tower
- Categories: tower, folly, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and accommodation
- Location: Tawstock, North Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05844° or 51° 3′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.06378° or 4° 3′ 50″ westInception
18th centuryOpen location code
9C3Q3W5P+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 417976227OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelWikidata ID
Q26545384
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