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.

The area around Okehampton boasts some of the best villages including Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

There are a number of canals near Okehampton including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

The area close to Okehampton boasts some of the best rivers and streams including East Lyn River.

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

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

Dartmoor is a great place to visit close to Okehampton if you like sssis.

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

Okehampton is near some unmissable nature reserves like Dartmoor,

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

Don't miss Bicton Park's parks if visiting the area around Okehampton.

The area close to Okehampton boasts some of the best airports including Exeter Airport.

There are a number of castles near to Okehampton including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Ruins to visit near Okehampton include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Okehampton History

There are some historic monuments around Okehampton:

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