Bishopsteignton
Bishopsteignton is a village and civil parish in South Devon, England, between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth, close to the Teign Estuary.

Bishopsteignton is a village and civil parish in South Devon, England, between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth, close to the Teign Estuary. The village is on a steep hill, and has a post office and pharmacy and a small, family-run village shop. The village school has about 180 pupils. The electoral ward had a population of 2,570 at the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Bishopsteignton
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Teignmouth lighthouse
Teignmouth lighthouse is a lighthouse situated on the south end of the Den promenade at Teignmouth, Devon, England. It is paired with a red polycarbonate leading light at Powderham Terrace behind the lighthouse.
3.4 km · lighthouse in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Castle Dyke
Castle Dyke is an Iron Age hill fort situated between Chudleigh and Dawlish in Devon, England. The fort is situated on a hilltop at approximately 140 metres above sea level.
3.4 km · Iron Age hill fort situated between Chudleigh and Dawlish in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hackney Canal
The Hackney Canal was a short canal in Devon, England, that linked the Hackney Clay Cellars to the River Teign. It was privately built by Lord Clifford in 1843, and throughout its life carried ball clay for use in the production of pottery.
3.3 km · canal in Devon, England · Wikipedia - 04Grand Pier, Teignmouth
The Grand Pier, also known as Teignmouth Pier, is a pier in the town of Teignmouth, Devon, England, constructed between 1865 and 1867. It is 212 metres in length.
3.5 km · pier in Teignmouth, Devon · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Michael The Archangel (Parish Church of East Teignmouth)
St Michael the Archangel's Church, Teignmouth is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Teignmouth, Devon.
3.6 km · church building in Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Shaldon Zoo
Shaldon Zoo also known as Shaldon Wildlife Trust is a conservation centre in Shaldon, Devon. Set in an acre of woodland above the village near to the coastline, they look after and help preserve some of the rarest and most endangered animals in the world, with a focus on small primates.
3.6 km · zoo in the UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter
The Church of St Peter is the Church of England parish church of the village of Shaldon, Devon. Designed by Edmund Harold Sedding, and with later additions by William Douglas Caröe, it is a Grade I listed building.
2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Shaldon, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Woodway House
Woodway House is in Teignmouth, South Devon, England. It was at one time a farm on lands held by the Bishops of Exeter.
3.5 km · house in Teignmouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bishopsteignton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 95 km · Bristol (BRS), 109 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 238 km
- Stations
- Teignmouth railway station, 3.4 km
- Cardiff → Bishopsteignton106 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–24
- Bristol → Bishopsteignton120 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–18
- London → Bishopsteignton261 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · £27–36
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bishopsteignton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bishopsteignton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextLand's End is not that far from Dawlish, and visiting it could be a day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Dawlish, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Bishopsteignton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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- Shaldonvillage in Devon, England, UK3 km
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- Idefordvillage and civil parish in Teignbridge, Devon, England3.7 km
- Combeinteignheadvillage in Devon, England, UK2.4 km
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