| Coordinates: | 50.534, -4.1 |
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| 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 miles15.7 km
- Paignton 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Newton Abbot 21.4 miles34.4 km
- Saltash 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Tavistock 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Ivybridge 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Kingsteignton 22.2 miles35.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Sampford Spiney Parish 1 mile1.7 km
- Tavistock South East Ward 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Horrabridge Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Walkhampton Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Tavistock Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Tavistock South West Ward 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Tavistock North Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Burrator Ward 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Dousland Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Crapstone Built-up area 3 miles4.9 km
- Buckland Monachorum Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Yelverton Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
Example postcodes in Whitchurch
PL19 9EQ, PL20 6LG, PL19 9JZ, PL19 9EW, PL19 9LA, PL19 9JX, PL19 9DZ, PL19 9ER, PL19 9EJ … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 33.1 miles53.3 km
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 39.9 miles64.2 km
- Gunnislake Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Calstock Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
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Local points of interest
- Hingston Down Hill 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Home Park Stadium 10.3 miles16.7 km
- Cattewater Estate 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Antony Estate Estate 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 11.8 miles19 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 13.3 miles21.3 km
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Brightley Priory Historic site 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 16.4 miles26.5 km