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 miles
- Torquay 22.8 miles
- Paignton 20.7 miles
- Newton Abbot 19.7 miles
- Teignmouth 25 miles
- Brixham 22.6 miles
- Saltash 8.4 miles
- Tavistock 8.4 miles
- Ivybridge 6.4 miles
- Kingsteignton 21 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward 1 mile
- Bickleigh Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Meavy Parish 2.7 miles
- Woolwell Ward 2.7 miles
- Sheepstor Parish 2.9 miles
- Moor View Ward 3.4 miles
- Sparkwell Parish 3.5 miles
- Plympton St. Mary Ward 3.6 miles
- Yelverton Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Dousland Built-up area 3.8 miles
- Plympton Chaddlewood Ward 3.9 miles
- Burrator Ward 4 miles
Example postcodes in Shaugh Prior
PL7 5ES, PL7 5JB, PL7 5HD, PL7 5JU, PL7 5HG, PL7 5JG, PL7 5JT, PL7 5ER, PL7 5HR … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 34 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 42 miles
- Marsh Mills 4.6 miles
- Bere Ferrers Railway Station 6.2 miles
Hotels near Shaugh Prior Ad
- Boringdon Hall Hotel and Spa 5 3 miles
- Elfordleigh 3 2.4 miles
- The Craft House 4 7.1 miles
- Welbeck Manor and Golf 3 3.4 miles
- The Moorland Hotel 3 0.3 miles
- Ibis Plymouth 3 4 miles
- Fox on the Hoe 4 7.1 miles
- Future Inn Plymouth 3 4.3 miles
- Tavistock House Hotel 4 8.5 miles
- Moxy Plymouth 4 7.2 miles
Schools in Shaugh Prior
- Shaugh Prior Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Home Park Stadium 6.2 miles
- Cattewater Estate 6.3 miles
- Sensory Garden Gardens 7.1 miles
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 9 miles
- Antony Estate Estate 9.2 miles
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 9.8 miles
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.3 miles
- Hingston Down Hill 10.4 miles
- Tregantle Beach Beach 12.1 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 12.1 miles
- Bantham Beach Beach 13.6 miles
- South Milton Sands Beach 15.1 miles