Drewsteignton
Drewsteignton is a village, civil parish and former manor within the administrative area of West Devon, England, also lying within the Dartmoor National Park.
Drewsteignton is a village, civil parish and former manor within the administrative area of West Devon, England, also lying within the Dartmoor National Park. It is located in the valley of the River Teign, 13 miles (21 km) west of Exeter and 9 miles (14 km) south east of Okehampton. Visitor attractions in the area include the village centre itself, nearby Castle Drogo, and Fingle Bridge. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 1,616.
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Worth seeing in and around Drewsteignton
2 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.
- 01Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it is the last castle built in England.
1.7 km · country house in the form of a castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Fingle Bridge
Fingle Bridge is a 17th-century stone arch bridge carrying an unclassified road over the River Teign near Drewsteignton, within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. This packhorse bridge has three arches and the two central piers are surrounded by triangular cutwaters extending upwards to form pedestrian refuges, and is a Grade II* listed building.
1 km · bridge in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Castle Drogo
Castle Drogo Drive, EX6 6PB (near Exeter), castledrogo@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 02Drewsteignton Village Garden
- 03Fingle Bridge
EX6 6PW.
- 04Prestonbury Castle
- 05Spinsters' Rock
- 06Wooston Castle
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Things to do
- 01Hunters Tor
- 02Sharp Tor
Overlooks the River Teign 220 m (720 ft) high.
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Where to eat
- 01The Old Inn
Hillmorhayes, EX6 6QR, enquiries@old-inn.co.uk.
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Getting to Drewsteignton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 83 km · Bristol (BRS), 106 km · Birmingham (BHX), 240 km
- Cardiff → Drewsteignton96 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
- Bristol → Drewsteignton118 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–18
- London → Drewsteignton272 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · £28–37
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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 Drewsteignton
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 Drewsteignton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBrittany Ferries carry vehicles and foot passengers to Plymouth from Roscoff, Saint-Malo (both France), or Santander (Spain).
- Get inPoole in Dorset is by road from Exeter, and receives Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg (France) and Condor Ferries from Saint Helier (Jersey).
- Get inThe other English Channel ferry ports are within a few hours' drive of Devon.
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