Gidleigh is a Village in the county of Devon.

Retail in Gidleigh

There are great places to visit near Gidleigh including some great cities, historic buildings, villages, canals, rivers and streams, beaches, geological features, sssis, hiking areas, nature reserves, towns, parks, airports, castles and ruins.

Don't miss Exeter's cities if visiting the area around Gidleigh.

The area around Gidleigh features a number of interesting historic buildings including Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Don't miss Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove's villages if visiting the area around Gidleigh.

Canals to visit near Gidleigh include Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

East Lyn River is one of Gidleigh's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Gidleigh.

Don't miss Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove's beaches if visiting the area around Gidleigh.

The area close to Gidleigh boasts some of the best geological features including Valley of Rocks.

Don't miss Dartmoor's sssis if visiting the area around Gidleigh.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Gidleigh like Dartmoor.

Nature Reserves to visit near Gidleigh include Dartmoor.

The area around Gidleigh boasts some of the best towns including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

Places near Gidleigh feature a number of interesting parks including Bicton Park.

The area around Gidleigh's best airports can be found at Exeter Airport.

The area around Gidleigh's best castles can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.

There are a number of ruins near to Gidleigh including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Gidleigh History

There are some historic monuments around Gidleigh:

• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Cranbrook Castle
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Round cairn 480m south west of Higher White Tor
• Round cairn and cist on the south west side of Crow Tor
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Warren in Whiddon Park
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Stone alignment 260m south of Higher White Tor
• Hillerton Cross
• Cairn and cist 400m east of Lydford Tor
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• White Moor Stone
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Stone hut circle and associated walling 780m WNW of Longaford Tor
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Spinster's Rock
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and cairn 460m north east of Rough Tor
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Linscott Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 280m north west of Howton Farm
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Two cairns 720m and 800m east of Higher White Tor
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 650m south west of Longaford Tor
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Three pillow mounds adjacent to Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Meacombe burial chamber
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Pillow mound 670m WNW of Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Hamel Down Cross
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers