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# North Bovey

North Bovey is a village and civil parish situated on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor National Park, Teignbridge, Devon, England, about 11 miles WSW of the city of Exeter and 1.5 miles SSW of Moretonhampstead.

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## Every way there

- Cardiff → North Bovey 104 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-north-bovey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=North+Bovey)
- Bristol → North Bovey 124 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-north-bovey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=North+Bovey)
- London → North Bovey 275 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · £28–38 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-north-bovey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=North+Bovey)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around North Bovey, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What North Bovey has

- Y Scheduled flights Cardiff (CWL), 90 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Exeter Quay, 20 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Exeter, 21 km.

50.633°, -3.783°

The village lies above the eastern bank of the River Bovey from which it takes its name. In 2001 the population of the parish was 274, compared to 418 in 1901 and 519 in 1801.

How locals move

## Getting around North Bovey the local way

- Get in Brittany Ferries carry vehicles and foot passengers to Plymouth from Roscoff, Saint-Malo (both France), or Santander (Spain).
- Get in Poole in Dorset is by road from Exeter, and receives Brittany Ferries from Cherbourg (France) and Condor Ferries from Saint Helier (Jersey).
- Get in The other English Channel ferry ports are within a few hours' drive of Devon.

From [Wikivoyage: Devon](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Bovey), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Nilfanion (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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