Sowton is a Town in the county of Devon.

Retail in Sowton

There are great places to visit near Sowton 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 several good cities in the area around Sowton like Exeter.

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

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

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

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Sowton including East Lyn River.

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

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

The area close to Sowton boasts some of the best sssis including Dartmoor.

Sowton is near some unmissable hiking areas like Dartmoor,

There are a number of nature reserves near to Sowton including Dartmoor.

There are a number of towns near Sowton including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

Parks to visit near Sowton include Bicton Park.

Don't miss Exeter Airport's airports if visiting the area around Sowton.

Berry Pomeroy Castle is one of Sowton's best, nearby castles to visit in Sowton.

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

Sowton History

There are some historic monuments around Sowton:

• Two bowl barrows, 350m SE of Stevenstone Farm
• Pynes Cross, 290m east of Pynes
• Bowl barrow 300m SW of Heathfield Farm
• Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street
• Churchyard cross 3m south of Upton Pyne church
• Linear round barrow cemetery at Castle Park, Alphington
• Four bowl barrows at Four Firs on Woodbury Common
• Paddleford Bridge
• Clyst St Mary Bridge and causeway
• Bowl barrow 300m SSE of Stevenstone Farm
• Enclosures NE of Peamore Cottage
• St Nicholas' Priory
• Bowl barrow in Long Plantation, 680m NE of Starved Oak Cross
• Stoke Canon Bridge
• St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road
• Churchyard cross 8m north of Clyst St Lawrence church
• Holy well 230m north west of Lower Comberoy Cottages
• Bowl barrow 350m NNE of Starved Oak Cross
• Danes Castle
• Two bowl barrows north of Green Lane, 430m and 330m west of Rewe Cross
• Woodbury Castle
• Bowl barrow 210m NE of Starved Oak Cross
• Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, both 330m east of Four Firs
• Three bowl barrows on Lympstone Common, 500m west of Fryingpans
• The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street
• Churchyard cross 15m south east of St Mary's church
• Two bowl barrows on Colaton Raleigh Common, 500m north and 780m north east of Woodbury Castle
• Two bowl barrows at Big Wood, 580m south west and 470m south of Moorland Cottage
• Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street
• Earthwork enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Church Path Hill Plantation
• Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
• St Katherine's Priory, Polsloe
• Bowl barrow in Long Plantation, 610m NE of Starved Oak Cross
• Wayside cross called Burrow Cross 40m south east of Burrow Farm
• Manorial settlement incorporating a medieval undercroft, 100m north of St John the Baptist's Church
• Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral
• Churchyard cross 4m south west of Rewe church tower
• Bowl barrow 320m NE of Starved Oak Cross
• Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, 640m and 625m east of Four Firs
• Bowl barrow 220m WSW of Starved Oak Cross
• Bowl barrow 280m NNE of Starved Oak Cross
• Animal pound on Woodbury Road, 275m south east of the church
• Churchyard cross 12m north east of St John the Baptist's Church
• Churchyard cross 1m south of Clyst Hydon church
• Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls
• Law Library, Cathedral Yard
• Bowl barrow 450m SSE of Stevenstone Farm
• Earthwork enclosure S of Blackall's Copse
• Sections of two deer park pales and watering pond at Killerton Park
• Rougemont Castle
• Bowl barrow immediately north west of Speedway Garage, 640m south of Ruffwell Hotel
• Underground passages
• Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
• Standing cross 6m south of St Mary's Church
• Three bowl barrows 620m south east of Fordy Bridge
• Signal station
• Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House
• Bowl barrow 470m east of Fortescue
• Stoke Hill Camp, a slight univallate hillfort
• Cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and other associated cropmarks 700m east of Netherexe Barton
• Two bowl barrows on Bicton Common, 770m and 780m north of Frying Pans