Monkleigh is a small, rural parish in the Torridge district of north‑west Devon, England, set among rolling farmland, hedgerows and small woodlands. Narrow lanes and quiet footpaths make it popular with walkers and birdwatchers, and it sits within easy reach of the market towns of Great Torrington and Bideford and the broader North Devon coast.
The village retains a compact historic core with a parish church and several older houses and farmsteads, and the landscape still shows the scars of past rural industries such as small quarries and mills. Today the local economy is largely agricultural with a handful of small businesses and residents who commute to nearby towns; community life is quietly active, centred on village gatherings and outdoor activities typical of rural Devon.
Postcode districts covering Monkleigh
Most populated places nearby
- Barnstaple 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Bideford 3.1 miles5 km
- Ilfracombe 16.2 miles26.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Landcross Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Weare Giffard Parish 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Littleham Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Frithelstock Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Buckland Brewer Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Monkleigh & Putford Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Bideford South Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Bideford East Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Great Torrington Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Bideford West Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Bideford Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Huntshaw Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Monkleigh
EX39 5JR, EX39 5LG, EX39 5JW, EX39 5JD, EX39 5JU, EX39 5JP, EX39 5LD, EX39 5JS, EX39 5JL … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 38 miles61.2 km
- Cardiff Airport 47.2 miles76 km
- Chapelton Railway Station 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Barnstaple Railway Station 9.2 miles14.8 km
Hotels near Monkleigh Ad
- Hunters Lodge 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Commodore Hotel 3 5.6 miles9 km
- The Royal Hotel 3 miles4.8 km
- Seagate 5.6 miles9 km
- Red Lion Hotel 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Half Moon Inn 9.6 miles15.5 km
- The Park Hotel 4 9.5 miles15.3 km
- New Inn Hotel 8.9 miles14.3 km
- The Barnstaple Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.3 km
- The Imperial Hotel 4 9.5 miles15.2 km
Schools in Monkleigh
- Monkleigh Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Braunton Burrows Hill 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Saunton Sands Beach 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Mouthmill Beach Beach 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Brownsham Wood Historic site 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Putsborough Beach Beach 12 miles19.4 km
- Brightley Priory Historic site 17.4 miles28 km
- Bude Haven Harbour 18.7 miles30.1 km