Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor
Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor is a church in Sheepstor, West Devon District, England. Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor is situated nearby to the historic site Sheepstor Cross, as well as near the cave Pixies Hole.Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Grade I listed church in Sheepstor, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “St Leonard’s Church” and “St Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burrator Reservoir and Sheeps Tor.
Burrator Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Jolly Janner, Public domain.
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the southern side of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is part of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of Plymouth and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands.
Yellowmead stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yellowmead stone circle near Sheepstor in Devon, England, is a Bronze Age concentric stone circle consisting of four rings of stones set within one another. Yellowmead stone circle is situated 1 mile east of Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meavy and Dousland.
Meavy
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meavy is a small village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.
Dousland
Village
Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dousland is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Plymouth by road.
Yelverton
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. It is in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,858, which was slightly more than the 1,810 recorded at the 2011 census. Yelverton is situated 2½ miles west of Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor.
Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sheepstor, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.49095° or 50° 29′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.03125° or 4° 1′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C2QFXR9+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 663837436OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17527711
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