Sheepstor
in Devon of England, United Kingdom
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Plymouth City Airport (6 mi) - Exeter International Airport (32 mi)
- Newquay Cornwall Airport (43 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (68 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (69 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (71 mi)
- Swansea Airport (77 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (84 mi)
- Bournemouth Airport (98 mi)
- RAF Fairford (127 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 101 mi)
- Boringdon Park Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- China Fleet Country Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Bigbury Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Fingle Glen Golf Club (Golf course, 23 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.491 and -4.032 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 29' 26" and W -4° 1' 55"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:31 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:03 am and 8:24 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-23 08:18:23
Delve into Sheepstor
Sheepstor in Devon (England) is located in United Kingdom about 184 mi (or 296 km) south-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Sheepstor is now 06:31 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports close to Sheepstor, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Plymouth City Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 9 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape in a distance of 36 mi (or 57 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Plymouth, Millbrook, Pillaton, South Hill and Launceston. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 56 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 72% |
| Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 95% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
5°C (40 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
11°C (52 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Moorland Hotel
Brook Tor
Moorland Garden
Elfordleigh Golf & Leisure
Boyton Farmhouse
Two Bridges
TRAVELODGE PLYMOUTH ROBOROUGH
Videos from this area
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Yelverton to Princetown, Drift Ghost
Yelverton to Princetown, Drift Ghost, Drift Ghost S PC viewing with a good broadband internet connection? if so, then use the settings "Change quality"of this video to at least 1080p HD, view...
December morning cycle ride
Plym Bridge to Clearbrook (including the brand new section from the railway tunnel through to Clearbrook village)
RAF Harrowbeer | Display Spitfire Start Up | 14/8/2011
Today in Yelverton there was a 70th anniversary event in the ground of the old airfeild at RAF Harrowbeer. The normal stalls and stand selling random rubish, poor sound in the center ring...
RAF Harrowbeer | RAF Search And Rescue Zh545 | 14/8/2011
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Plymouth Morris Men - Jenny Lind (Lichfield)
Plymouth Morris Men performing Jenny Lind (Lichfield) at the Royal Oak in Meavy on the 2nd May.
GoPro Hero 3 Fpv sunset dartmoor. Stunning view!
Fpv flying on a sunny day thru sunset. At the end I just put the flaps down dropped it to about 10% throttle into the wind and enjoyed the sunset just hovering.
Devonport Leat Walk Part 2.
Devonport Leat Walk , Part 2 is from Burrator Reservoir and finish at Drivage Bottom on Dartmoor (This is where it all started with my Photographic Walks back in 2000 .)
Haunted Devon, The Old Tin Mine, Dartmoor
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X525 First Mission RTL, Dartmoor Quadcopter
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Phoenix 2000 Glider Dartmoor
Cruising around with the Glider.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Crazywell Pool
Crazywell Pool or Crazy Well Pool is a large pond situated about 3 km south of Princetown just off the path between Burrator and Whiteworks on the western side of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid reference SX582705. It is about 100 metres long and has a surface area of about 3,500 square metres . The pool is thought to be the result of excavations by tin miners, and is either a flooded mine shaft, or a reservoir. The presence of tin workings downhill from the pool support this view.
Yellowmead Down
Yellowmead Down near Sheepstor in Devon, England, is a Bronze Age concentric stone circle consisting of four rings of stones set within one another. The largest is 20m wide and the smallest, 6m. They once encircled a burial cairn although this is now barely visible. To the south west, several possible stone rows lead away, crossed by a post-medieval leat that once served a nearby tinworks. The site was excavated and restored by Rev. H Breton in 1921.
Burrator Reservoir
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is one of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands. Burrator Reservoir was completed in 1898, and the reservoir was expanded in 1929.
Meavy
Meavy is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. Meavy forms part of the district of West Devon. It lies a mile or so east of Yelverton. The River Meavy runs near the village. For administrative purposes the parish is grouped with the parishes of Sheepstor and Walkhampton to form Burrator Parish Council, and for electoral purposes it is grouped with the same two parishes to form Burrator Ward.
Dewerstone
Dewerstone is the site of an Iron Age Hill fort on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Plym on the South West edge of Dartmoor to the North of Plympton in Devon. The fort consists of ramparts to the Northern side of the promontory at approx 210 Metres above Sea Level.
Burrator
Burrator is a civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is entirely within the boundaries of the Dartmoor National Park and was formed from the older parishes of Meavy, Sheepstor and Walkhampton. The parish is said to be one of the largest in the country, at 59.45 square kilometres, but also one of the most sparsely populated. The last population count, in 2001, found that 1,540 people live in the parish.
Down Tor
Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.
Ditsworthy Warren House
Ditsworthy Warren House is a Grade II listed building near Sheepstor in Devon, England. It is an isolated building on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, and was built for the keeper of the rabbit warren near the house. It was used in 2010 as a filming location for the Steven Spielberg film, War Horse.
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