West Putford
West Putford is a small settlement and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England.
West Putford is a small settlement and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of East Putford, a small part of Bulkworthy, Abbots Bickington, Sutcombe, Bradworthy and Woolfardisworthy. In 2001 its population was 181, compared to 216 in 1901. The eastern and northern boundaries of the parish mostly follow the River Torridge over which is the 13th-century Kismeldon Bridge. Tumuli on the high ground provide evidence for early inhabitants here.
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Worth seeing in and around West Putford
One place 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.
- 01Gnome Reserve
The Gnome Reserve is a garden and tourist attraction in West Putford, near Bradworthy, Devon, England, presented as a pastoral refuge for garden gnomes. The reserve was established in 1979 by Ann Atkin, a former art student.
1.9 km · Garden and tourist attraction in England · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Putford
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 86 km · Bristol (BRS), 123 km · Birmingham (BHX), 246 km
- Cardiff → West Putford102 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · £21–28
- Bristol → West Putford135 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £16–22
- London → West Putford300 km · quickest by road, 5h 52m · £32–42
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No local-transport research exists yet for West Putford
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 West Putford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to West Putford
- Bulkworthyvillage in Devon, England, UK2.2 km
- East Putfordvillage in Devon, England, UK1.8 km
- Abbots Bickingtonvillage in Devon, England, UK2.6 km