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Milber

Milber is a suburban area of Newton Abbot and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England.

The place

Milber is a suburban area of Newton Abbot and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton Abbot, in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. Much of the area comprises a housing estate at grid reference SX8770. It lies to the east of the town centre, on the opposite side of the A380 road. Milber contains mainly houses, but also a trading estate and some shops. The estate is part of the electoral ward called Buckland and Milber. The population of that ward at the 2011 census was 7,089.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Milber

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.

  1. 01
    Newton Abbot

    Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. It lies near the River Teign and Whitelake, approximately 26 miles southwest of Plymouth, 13 miles southwest of Exeter, and 40 miles north-northeast of Taunton.

    2.3 km · market town and civil parish in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hackney 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.

    1.8 km · canal in Devon, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Bradley

    Bradley is a medieval manor house in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It is set amongst woodland and meadows in the valley of the River Lemon about a half mile to the west of the main town.

    2.5 km · National Trust medieval manor house near Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    South Devon UTC

    South Devon UTC is a mixed University Technical College located in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It opened in 2015 and caters for students aged 14–19 years.

    1.7 km · college in Devon, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Teign Bridge

    The Teign Bridge is a road bridge over the River Teign near Kingsteignton, Devon carrying the Exeter Road across the river. It has been Grade II listed since 1987.

    3.3 km · bridge in Teigngrace, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Passmore Edwards Centre

    The Passmore Edwards Centre is a grade II listed building in Newton Abbot, Devon, in England. It was built as a library and technical school by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards in memory of his mother who was born in the town.

    1.8 km · public library in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Forde House

    Forde House, now known as Old Forde House, is a Grade I listed former manor house dating in back to c. 1550 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The building was substantially enlarged c. 1610 and is noted for its fine 17th-century wood-carving and plasterwork.

    600 m · Grade I listed building in Teignbridge, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Leonards Tower

    St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot, popularly known as The Clock Tower, is a Grade II* listed building in Newton Abbot. It was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a Gothic-style church and was the site of William III's first proclamation in England.

    1.7 km · clock tower in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Milber

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 99 km · Bristol (BRS), 113 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 238 km
Stations
Newton Abbot railway station, 1 km
  • Cardiff → Milber
    110 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–24
  • Bristol → Milber
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–18
  • London → Milber
    266 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · £27–36
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Milber

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 Milber. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextBrixham – A small fishing town, reachable by ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Torquay, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

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