Sampford Courtenay is a Town in the county of Devon.

Retail in Sampford Courtenay

There are great places to visit near Sampford Courtenay 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.

Sampford Courtenay is near some unmissable cities like Exeter,

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

Sampford Courtenay has some unmissable villages nearby like Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

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

Rivers and Streams to visit near Sampford Courtenay include East Lyn River.

There are a several good beaches in the Sampford Courtenay area like Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Valley of Rocks is one of Sampford Courtenay's best, nearby geological features to visit in Sampford Courtenay.

There are a several good sssis in the area around Sampford Courtenay like Dartmoor.

Don't miss Dartmoor's hiking areas if visiting the area around Sampford Courtenay.

The area around Sampford Courtenay's best nature reserves can be found at Dartmoor.

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

Sampford Courtenay is near some unmissable parks like Bicton Park,

Sampford Courtenay is near some unmissable airports like Exeter Airport,

Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Sampford Courtenay if you like castles.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is one of Sampford Courtenay's best, nearby ruins to visit in Sampford Courtenay.

Sampford Courtenay History

There are some historic monuments around Sampford Courtenay:

• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• St Martin's Chapel, Broadnymett
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Meldon viaduct
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Bowl barrow 325m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Week Barn Cross
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Long mortuary enclosure and ring ditch 250m south west of Week Meadow Farm
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Wayside cross socket stone at road junction 70m east of St Peter's Church
• Motte 160m east of St Peter's Church
• Churchyard cross 6m south of Dowland church
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Millsome Castle
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Bowl barrow 215m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• World War II air traffic control building 400m north west of Seckington Cross, on the former airfield of RAF Winkleigh
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Croft Castle
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Medieval settlement of Beere
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Standing cross known as Speke's Cross, 500m north east of Eggesford House
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Court Castle
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor