| Coordinates: | 51.152, -3.896 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | SS 67 40 |
| Dialling code: | 01598 (Lynton) |
Challacombe is a small, quiet rural parish on the northern fringes of Exmoor National Park in North Devon, Devon, England. It sits among rolling moorland and wooded combes, with narrow lanes, stone cottages and a modest village church, giving it a very traditional West Country feel and plenty of scenic walking country on the doorstep.
Historically a farming community, the local economy remains rooted in sheep and beef grazing but is now supplemented by seasonal tourism, holiday lets and countryside recreation for walkers and wildlife enthusiasts. Socially it has the sort of tightâknit village life found across Exmoor, with long local traditions and a landscape that still reflects centuries of rural practice rather than modern development.
Postcode districts covering Challacombe
Most populated places nearby
- Barnstaple 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Bideford 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Porthcawl 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Minehead 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Ilfracombe 10.4 miles16.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Bratton Fleming Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Parracombe Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Arlington Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Kentisbury Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Loxhore Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Brayford Parish 4 miles6.5 km
- Lynton & Lynmouth Ward 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Stoke Rivers Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Martinhoe Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Trentishoe Parish 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Lynton and Lynmouth Parish 4.7 miles7.6 km
- East Down Parish 5.5 miles8.8 km
Example postcodes in Challacombe
EX31 4TR, EX31 4TT, EX31 4TW, EX31 4TU, EX31 4TY, EX31 4SH, EX31 4TS
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 29.2 miles47 km
- Exeter International Airport 35.7 miles57.4 km
- Killington Lane Railway Dtation 3 miles4.9 km
- Woody Bay Railway Station 3.4 miles5.5 km
Hotels near Challacombe Ad
- Chough's Nest Hotel 2 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Kentisbury Grange 4 3 miles4.9 km
- The Bonnicott Hotel Lynmouth 6 miles9.7 km
- Simonsbath House Hotel 3 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Bath Hotel 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Rising Sun Hotel 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Rock House Hotel 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Blue Ball Inn 4 7 miles11.3 km
- The George 9.7 miles15.6 km
- The Park Hotel 4 8.7 miles14 km
Local points of interest
- Putsborough Beach Beach 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Braunton Burrows Hill 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Saunton Sands Beach 14.7 miles23.7 km
- 15th Century Thatched Chapel Historic site 16.2 miles26 km
- Periton Park Court Estate 17.4 miles28 km
- Minehead Harbour Harbour 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Dunster Castle Gardens Gardens 19.6 miles31.5 km
- National Trust Dunster Working Watermill Historic site 19.6 miles31.6 km