Okehampton College

Okehampton College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Okehampton in the English county of Devon.

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Type: School
Description: school in Devon, UK
Address: Mill Road, Okehampton, EX20 1PW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Okehampton railway station and Museum of Dartmoor Life.

Okehampton railway station

Railway station

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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 1,400 feet south of Okehampton College.

Museum of Dartmoor Life

Museum

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The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum. Museum of Dartmoor Life is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Okehampton College.

Okehampton Castle

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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 2,900 feet southwest of Okehampton College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belstone and Rowtor Target Railway.

Belstone

Village

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Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England. Belstone is situated 2 miles east of Okehampton College.

Rowtor Target Railway

Locality

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The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches. Rowtor Target Railway is situated 2½ miles south of Okehampton College.

Meldon

Hamlet

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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 2½ miles southwest of Okehampton College.