Shaugh Prior
Parish in South Hams, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.445, -4.041 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 55 62 |
| Dialling code: | 01752 (Plymouth) |
Shaugh Prior is a compact rural parish on the southern fringe of Dartmoor within the South Hams district of Devon, England. It occupies upland ground above the Plym valley, with granite tors and expanses of moorland giving way to wooded valleys and the waterside of Burrator Reservoir, making it popular with walkers and those seeking a moorland edge landscape not far from Plymouth.
The parish has a strong local identity shaped by farming, historic quarrying and mining activity from the 19th century, and a small, close‑knit community with village halls and traditional pubs. Today its economy mixes agriculture, tourism and commuting, while the scattered hamlets, walking routes and remnants of industrial archaeology give it a blend of rural charm and working‑landscape history.
Postcode districts covering Shaugh Prior
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Torquay 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Paignton 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Newton Abbot 19.7 miles31.6 km
- Teignmouth 25 miles40.2 km
- Brixham 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Saltash 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Tavistock 8.4 miles13.4 km
- Ivybridge 6.4 miles10.4 km
- Kingsteignton 21 miles33.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Bickleigh Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Meavy Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Woolwell Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Sheepstor Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Moor View Ward 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Sparkwell Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Plympton St. Mary Ward 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Yelverton Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Dousland Built-up area 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Plympton Chaddlewood Ward 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Burrator Ward 4 miles6.4 km
Example postcodes in Shaugh Prior
PL7 5JT, PL7 5ES, PL7 5HU, PL7 5HF, PL7 5JU, PL7 5HR, PL7 5EG, PL7 5JA, PL7 5ER … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 34 miles54.8 km
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 42 miles67.6 km
- Marsh Mills 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Bere Ferrers Railway Station 6.2 miles9.9 km
Hotels near Shaugh Prior Ad
- Boringdon Hall Hotel and Spa 5 3 miles4.9 km
- Elfordleigh 3 2.4 miles3.9 km
- The Craft House 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Moorland Hotel 3 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Ibis Plymouth 3 4 miles6.5 km
- Welbeck Manor and Golf 3 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Future Inn Plymouth 3 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Tavistock House Hotel 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 7.2 miles11.6 km
Schools in Shaugh Prior
- Shaugh Prior Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Home Park Stadium 6.2 miles10 km
- Cattewater Estate 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 9 miles14.6 km
- Antony Estate Estate 9.2 miles14.7 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Hingston Down Hill 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Bantham Beach Beach 13.6 miles21.8 km
- South Milton Sands Beach 15.1 miles24.3 km