Sheepwash is a small rural village and civil parish in the district of Torridge in Devon, England. Set among rolling farmland and hedgerow-lined lanes, it retains a quiet, agricultural character with a handful of traditional cottages and working farms and a compact, close-knit community typical of north-west Devon.
The place-name reflects its medieval origins as a spot where sheep were washed before market, and the parish shows traces of long-settled rural life in its farm buildings and village features. Agriculture still underpins the local economy, supplemented by small-scale diversification and interest in low-key rural tourism and walking, while its understated historic charm offers easy access to the wider Devon countryside and the North Devon coast and moorland.
Postcode districts covering Sheepwash
Most populated places nearby
- Barnstaple 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Bideford 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Tavistock 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Ilfracombe 24.7 miles39.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Buckland Filleigh Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Petrockstow Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Highampton Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Petrockstowe Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Shebbear Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Black Torrington Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Shebbear & Langtree Ward 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Peters Marland Parish 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Meeth Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Bradford Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Hatherleigh Built-up area 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Huish Parish 4.4 miles7.1 km
Example postcodes in Sheepwash
EX21 5NP, EX21 5HR, EX21 5HU, EX21 5LY, EX21 5PD, EX21 5NB, EX21 5NF, EX21 5HQ, EX21 5LZ … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 33.5 miles53.9 km
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 46 miles74 km
- Okehampton Railway Station 10.6 miles17 km
- Sampford Courtenay Railway Station 10.6 miles17.1 km
Hotels near Sheepwash Ad
- Half Moon Inn 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Kings Arms Hotel 8.7 miles14 km
- The White Hart Hotel 8.7 miles14 km
Local points of interest
- Brightley Priory Historic site 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Mouthmill Beach Beach 16.4 miles26.5 km
- Brownsham Wood Historic site 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Braunton Burrows Hill 17.1 miles27.6 km
- Bude Haven Harbour 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Saunton Sands Beach 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Millook Haven Harbour 18.9 miles30.4 km