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.

Okehampton is near some unmissable cities like Exeter,

Okehampton's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Villages to visit near Okehampton include Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

The area around Okehampton boasts some of the best canals including Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Okehampton is near some unmissable rivers and streams like East Lyn River,

The area around Okehampton features a number of interesting beaches including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

There are a number of geological features near to Okehampton including Valley of Rocks.

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

Okehampton is near some unmissable hiking areas like Dartmoor,

Places near Okehampton feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Dartmoor.

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

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

Places near Okehampton feature a number of interesting airports including Exeter Airport.

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

Places near Okehampton feature a number of interesting ruins including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Okehampton History

There are some historic monuments around Okehampton:

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