Okehampton

Worth seeing in and around Okehampton

4 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
   High Willhays

   High Willhays, or according to some authorities High Willes, is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at 621 metres above sea level, and the highest point in Southern England. It is generally regarded as the most southernly mountain in the United Kingdom, being only about half a mile south of its sister peak; Yes Tor.

   6 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Meldon Viaduct

   Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England. This truss bridge was constructed from wrought iron, instead of stone or brick arches.

   3.6 km · bridge in Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Meldon Reservoir

   Meldon Reservoir is a man-made fresh water reservoir near Okehampton, Devon. The reservoir is the last of eight reservoirs to be constructed within the Dartmoor National Park.

   4.6 km · reservoir in Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall

   The Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall is a registered charity that collects, preserves and celebrates the history of policing in Devon and Cornwall. The museum possesses a comprehensive collection of artefacts and archives that relate to Devon and Cornwall Police and its antecedent forces that include the Devon County Constabulary and Cornwall County Constabulary and date back to the earliest days of policing.

   600 m · museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Okehampton Castle
2. 02
   Finch Foundry

   Sticklepath, EX20 2NW (4 miles east of Okehampton), finchfoundry@nationaltrust.org.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Okehampton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Granite Way is an 11-mile walking and cycling path along the edge of Dartmoor, from Okehampton to Sourton and Lydford. It crosses the spectacular Meldon and Lake Viaducts.

From Wikivoyage: Okehampton, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Okehampton

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 87 km · Bristol (BRS), 115 km · Birmingham (BHX), 246 km

Stations

Okehampton railway station, 900 m · Sampford Courtenay railway station, 5.2 km · Meldon Quarry railway station, 3.3 km · Okehampton Interchange railway station, 2 km

• Cardiff → Okehampton

  100 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £19–26
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• Bristol → Okehampton

  126 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £15–20
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• London → Okehampton

  284 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · £29–39
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