Okehampton is a Town in the county of Devon.

Okehampton postcode: EX20 1

Retail in Okehampton

There are great places to visit near Okehampton 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.

There are a number of cities near to Okehampton including Exeter.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Okehampton area like Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove are some of Okehampton best villages to visit near Okehampton.

Okehampton's best nearby canals can be found at Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

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

Okehampton has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

There are a several good geological features in the area around Okehampton like Valley of Rocks.

There are a number of sssis near to Okehampton including Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is one of Okehampton's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Okehampton.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Okehampton like Dartmoor.

Towns to visit near Okehampton include Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

There are a number of parks near to Okehampton including Bicton Park.

There are a several good airports in the area around Okehampton like Exeter Airport.

Don't miss Berry Pomeroy Castle's castles if visiting the area around Okehampton.

The area around Okehampton's best ruins can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Okehampton History

There are some historic monuments around Okehampton:

• Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross
• Icework at Sourton Tors
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Round cairn 190m east of Doe Tor summit
• Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Round cairn 60m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 700m south of Sourton Tors
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Southernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms Tor
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Seven cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Hut circles and a length of enclosure wall, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m east of Nodden Gate
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Long mortuary enclosure and ring ditch 250m south west of Week Meadow Farm
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Round cairn 340m north of Hare Tor
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
• Cairnfield and associated earthworks on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 610m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Ring cairn 1060m south west of Great Nodden
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe
• Tor cairn on High Willhays summit
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Wayside cross in the garden hedge of Southcott Cottage, at a crossroads called Southcott Cross
• Stone hut circle 420m south west of Lints Tor
• Round cairn 310m SSW of Great Links Tor
• Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• White Moor Stone
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
• Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Two round cairns 540m ENE of Sourton Tors
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Stone hut circle 530m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 290m north west of Lints Tor
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
• Three stone hut circles situated west of the enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Ring cairn 510m south west of Great Nodden
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• Two stone hut circles and a field 340m south west of Lints Tor
• Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Lake Down cairnfield 810m ESE and 780m east of Lake Viaduct
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
• Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 540m east of Doe Tor
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Stone hut circle settlement 580m north east of White Hill summit
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• Milestone N of Lower Beardon
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Enclosure and unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 510m north of Deadlake Foot
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Meldon viaduct
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Enclosed settlement 420m south of Doetor Farm
• Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Round cairn and stone hut circle 950m south of Sourton Tors
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill
• Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Week Barn Cross
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Wayside cross at Durdon Cross
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
• Round cairn and stone cist 310m south of Walla Brook
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• St John's Holy Well
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Tinners' building lying adjacent to the Black Ridge Brook and situated 1540m NNE of Fur Tor
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle lying south of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Round cairn and shelter 140m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Stone hut circle 400m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill