| Coordinates: | 50.517, -4.062 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | SX 53 70 |
| Dialling code: | 01822 (Tavistock) |
Walkhampton is a small rural parish on the western edge of Dartmoor in West Devon, Devon, England. The landscape mixes farmland with open moorland and granite outcrops, and the area is notable for prehistoric archaeology – cairns, stone settings and old field systems are scattered across the commons – alongside evidence of later medieval and early industrial activity typical of Dartmoor parishes.
Life in Walkhampton remains largely agricultural and residential, but it also benefits from walkers and visitors exploring the moor; local community life centres on village gatherings, conservation efforts and a handful of small local enterprises. The parish offers a quiet, historic Countryside character while being within reasonable reach of larger market towns for services and commuting.
Postcode districts covering Walkhampton
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 8.8 miles
- Torquay 23.6 miles
- Paignton 22.2 miles
- Newton Abbot 19.7 miles
- Teignmouth 24.8 miles
- Brixham 24.8 miles
- Saltash 10.3 miles
- Tavistock 4.2 miles
- Ivybridge 10.7 miles
- Kingsteignton 20.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sampford Spiney Parish 1 mile
- Burrator Ward 1.2 miles
- Dousland Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Horrabridge Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Whitchurch Parish 2.1 miles
- Meavy Parish 2.4 miles
- Yelverton Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Sheepstor Parish 2.6 miles
- Crapstone Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Tavistock South East Ward 3.6 miles
- Princetown Built-up area 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Walkhampton
PL20 6LN, PL20 6FA, PL20 6NP, PL20 6LW, PL20 6JX, PL20 6NX, PL20 6NL, PL20 6PB, PL20 6NR … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 32.1 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 41.4 miles
- Bere Alston Railway Station 6.4 miles
- Calstock Railway Station 6.6 miles
Hotels near Walkhampton Ad
- The Walkhampton Inn 0.2 miles
- The Who'd Have Thought It Inn 4 4.2 miles
- The Leaping Salmon 1.7 miles
- Moorland Hotel 3 5.4 miles
- Rockmount 5 4.3 miles
- The Horn Of Plenty Hotel 4 6.3 miles
- The Cornish Arms 5 4.4 miles
- Tavistock House Hotel 4 4.4 miles
- Bedford Hotel 3 4.3 miles
- The Bedford Hotel 3 4.3 miles
Schools in Walkhampton
- Lady Modiford's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6.5 miles
- Hingston Down Hill 8 miles
- Home Park Stadium 9.7 miles
- Cattewater Estate 10.7 miles
- Sensory Garden Gardens 11 miles
- Antony Estate Estate 11.7 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 12.7 miles
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 12.7 miles
- Tregantle Beach Beach 14.7 miles
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 14.9 miles
- Brightley Priory Historic site 17 miles
- Bantham Beach Beach 18.4 miles