Tavistock
Built-up area in West Devon, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.546, -4.145 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 48 73 |
| Population: | 12,280 |
| Dialling code: | 01822 |
The market town of Tavistock in West Devon, Devon, England sits on the western edge of Dartmoor, straddling the wooded valley of the River Tavy. Its compact centre of granite buildings and Georgian crescents, centred around Bedford Square, gives the town a handsome, slightly rugged character and makes it a popular base for walkers and visitors heading onto the moor.
Tavistock grew up around Tavistock Abbey and later the estates of the Dukes of Bedford; its history of tin and copper mining shaped the landscape and local identity. Today the town mixes a lively market and independent shops with tourism and local events - the long-running Tavistock Pannier Market and the annual Goose Fair are local highlights - and it remains a social and cultural hub for the surrounding rural area.
Postcode districts covering Tavistock
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 10.7 miles
- Newton Abbot 23.4 miles
- Saltash 10 miles
- Ivybridge 14.5 miles
- Kingsteignton 24.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tavistock South West Ward 0.5 miles
- Tavistock South East Ward 0.6 miles
- Tavistock North Ward 0.9 miles
- Whitchurch Parish 2.1 miles
- Lamerton Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Gulworthy Parish 2.8 miles
- Sampford Spiney Parish 3.2 miles
- Horrabridge Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Mary Tavy Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Peter Tavy Parish 3.8 miles
- Milton Ford Ward 3.9 miles
Example postcodes in Tavistock
PL19 9SA, PL19 8EG, PL19 8AA, PL19 0GZ, PL19 8RF, PL19 8LB, PL19 9JE, PL19 1SL, PL19 0ET … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 34.6 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 38.1 miles
- Gunnislake Railway Station 3.8 miles
- Calstock Railway Station 4.3 miles
Hotels in Tavistock Ad
Schools in Tavistock
- Mount Kelly Independent - all ages
- St Peter's C of E Junior School Primary
- St Rumon's C of E Infants School Primary
- Tavistock College Secondary
- Tavistock Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Whitchurch Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hingston Down Hill 4.7 miles
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.6 miles
- Home Park Stadium 10.9 miles
- Antony Estate Estate 11.7 miles
- Cattewater Estate 12.4 miles
- Sensory Garden Gardens 12.4 miles
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 13.6 miles
- Tregantle Beach Beach 14.5 miles
- Brightley Priory Historic site 16.3 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 16.6 miles
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 17.8 miles