Okehampton is a town in Devon, England.
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The Dartmoor Railway is a branch line to Okehampton which closed to passenger services in 1972, though it remained in use for freight and as a summer heritage railway. In 2021 the track is being renewed and regular trains from Exeter are expected to commence towards the end of the year.
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50°44′15″N 3°59′59″W
Map of OkehamptonSee
- 1 Okehampton Castle, Castle Lodge, EX20 1JA, ☏ 44 1837 52844. adults £3.90, children £2.30, concessions £3.50.
- 2 Finch Foundry, Sticklepath, EX20 2NW (4 miles east of Okehampton), ☏ 44 1837 840046, ✉[email protected].
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- 1 Fountain Inn, Fore St, EX20 1AP, ☏ 44 1837 53532.
- 2 Lewtrenchard Manor, Lewdown EX20 4PN, ☏ 44 1566 783222. Upscale hotel in manor house built 1620 but made over by the energetic Rev Sabine Baring-Gould, the antiquarian polymath and chum of Gilbert & Sullivan who put them on the trail of the Pirates of Penzance. Beautiful decor, service and cuisine. B&B double from £270.
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| Routes through Okehampton |
| Land's End ← Launceston ← | W  E | → Exeter →  |