Buckland Monachorum
Parish in West Devon, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.488, -4.116 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 49 67 |
| Population: | 779 |
| Dialling code: | 01822 (Tavistock) |
Buckland Monachorum is a small village and civil parish in West Devon, Devon, England, set in gently rolling countryside on the southern fringes of Dartmoor. The settlement overlooks wooded valley country around the River Tavy, with a mix of farmland, ancient hedgerows and popular walking and cycling routes that make it a quiet base for country pursuits and short trips into the moor or nearby towns.
The parish is best known for Buckland Abbey, the National Trust house formerly associated with Sir Francis Drake, and a medieval church and village core that hint at a long local history tied to monastic landholding. Today the economy is largely rural - farming, small businesses and tourism - with many residents commuting to larger centres such as Plymouth and Tavistock, while a lively village life centres on the church, pub and community events.
Postcode districts covering Buckland Monachorum
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 6.6 miles
- Paignton 24.2 miles
- Newton Abbot 22.3 miles
- Saltash 7.2 miles
- Tavistock 4.2 miles
- Ivybridge 10.9 miles
- Kingsteignton 23.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Crapstone Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Yelverton Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Horrabridge Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Dousland Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Burrator Ward 2.5 miles
- Meavy Parish 2.7 miles
- Bere Ferrers Parish 3.1 miles
- Walkhampton Parish 3.1 miles
- Sampford Spiney Parish 3.2 miles
- Bere Alston Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Whitchurch Parish 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Buckland Monachorum
PL20 6FN, PL20 6BU, PL20 6EN, PL20 6NH, PL20 7NR, PL20 6HS, PL20 6AF, PL20 6EZ, PL20 6DT … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 35.2 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 38.8 miles
- Bere Alston Railway Station 3.7 miles
- Bere Ferrers Railway Station 3.8 miles
Hotels near Buckland Monachorum Ad
- The Who'd Have Thought It Inn 4 1.1 miles
- The Walkhampton Inn 3.1 miles
- The Leaping Salmon 1.8 miles
- China Fleet Country Club 4 6.2 miles
- Future Inn Plymouth Hotel 3 5.1 miles
- Moorland Hotel 3 4.7 miles
- The Horn Of Plenty Hotel 4 5.1 miles
- Rockmount 5 4.5 miles
- Boringdon Hall Hotel and Spa 5 6.5 miles
- Tavistock House Hotel 4 4.3 miles
Schools in Buckland Monachorum
- St Andrew's C of E Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Hingston Down Hill 6.1 miles
- Home Park Stadium 7 miles
- Cattewater Estate 8.4 miles
- Sensory Garden Gardens 8.5 miles
- Antony Estate Estate 8.6 miles
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.6 miles
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 9.9 miles
- Tregantle Beach Beach 11.6 miles
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 13.6 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 15 miles
- Bantham Beach Beach 17.9 miles
- South Milton Sands Beach 19.4 miles