| Coordinates: | 50.534, -4.1 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | SX 51 72 |
| Dialling code: | 01822 (Tavistock) |
Whitchurch is a small rural parish in West Devon, Devon, in the south‑west of England, sitting a few miles south of Tavistock on the fringes of Dartmoor. It occupies gentle river valleys and rolling farmland, with a scatter of hamlets, traditional stone cottages and quiet lanes popular with walkers and riders.
The local economy is largely agricultural, supplemented by small businesses and commuters to nearby market towns, and the community still centres on village life and church activities. Historic ties to the wider Tavistock area give the parish a feeling of deep rural continuity rather than big tourist development, making it valued for its tranquillity, heritage buildings and easy access to country walks.
Postcode districts covering Whitchurch
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 9.8 miles
- Paignton 24.1 miles
- Newton Abbot 21.4 miles
- Saltash 10.2 miles
- Tavistock 2.1 miles
- Ivybridge 12.7 miles
- Kingsteignton 22.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sampford Spiney Parish 1 mile
- Tavistock South East Ward 1.5 miles
- Horrabridge Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Walkhampton Parish 2.1 miles
- Tavistock Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Tavistock South West Ward 2.2 miles
- Tavistock North Ward 2.4 miles
- Burrator Ward 2.9 miles
- Dousland Built-up area 3 miles
- Crapstone Built-up area 3 miles
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Yelverton Built-up area 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Whitchurch
PL19 9EQ, PL19 9JY, PL19 9EP, PL19 9JZ, PL19 9JU, PL19 9LB, PL19 9JX, PL19 9ES, PL19 9DZ … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 33.1 miles
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 39.9 miles
- Gunnislake Railway Station 5.4 miles
- Calstock Railway Station 5.4 miles
Hotels in Whitchurch Ad
- The Walkhampton Inn
- The Leaping Salmon
- Rockmount 5
- The Cornish Arms 5
- Bedford Hotel 3
- The Bedford Hotel 3
Local points of interest
- Hingston Down Hill 6.4 miles
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7.1 miles
- Home Park Stadium 10.3 miles
- Cattewater Estate 11.6 miles
- Antony Estate Estate 11.7 miles
- Sensory Garden Gardens 11.8 miles
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 13.3 miles
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 14.5 miles
- Tregantle Beach Beach 14.7 miles
- Brightley Priory Historic site 16.3 miles
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 16.4 miles