Challacombe is a Village in the county of Devon.

Challacombe postcode: EX31 4TT

Retail in Challacombe

There are great places to visit near Challacombe 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.

The area around Challacombe's best cities can be found at Exeter.

Historic Buildings to visit near Challacombe include Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Challacombe's best nearby villages can be found at Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Don't miss Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton's canals if visiting the area around Challacombe.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Challacombe include East Lyn River.

Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Challacombe if you like beaches.

Valley of Rocks is a great place to visit close to Challacombe if you like geological features.

Places near Challacombe feature a number of interesting sssis including Dartmoor.

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

Challacombe is near some unmissable nature reserves like Dartmoor,

The area around Challacombe features a number of interesting towns including Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

Challacombe is near some unmissable parks like Bicton Park,

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

Places near Challacombe feature a number of interesting castles including Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Challacombe is near some unmissable ruins like Berry Pomeroy Castle,

Challacombe History

There are some historic monuments around Challacombe:

• Five round barrows on Black Hill
• Meacombe burial chamber
• Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge
• Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe
• Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
• Hut circles E of Southway
• Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
• Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake
• Hut circles and fields on Buckland Common
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Pound NE of Holwell Tor
• Hut circle at Tunhill Rocks
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 420m north west and 440m west of Horn's Cross
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
• Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
• Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe
• Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor
• Pound at Newbridge
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Linscott Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 280m north west of Howton Farm
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• Round cairn 580m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Ouldsbroom Cross
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• Blowing house on Down Ridge
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Two stone hut circles 80m and 130m north of Rippon Tor
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Cairn on Corndon Tor
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge and a stone alignment immediately west of Horn's Cross
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir
• Medieval farmstead 340m south east of Cold East Cross
• Blowing houses at Week Ford
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor
• A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery
• Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Prestonbury Castle (hillfort)
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Settlement W of Holwell Tor
• Huccaby Ring
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Cranbrook Castle
• Holne Chase Castle
• Four cairns 310m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Hembury Castle
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Cairns N of Corndon Tor
• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and three round cairns 870m south east of Horn's Cross
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Hospit Cross: a wayside cross at Bovey Cross, 900m NNE of North Bovey village
• Sherberton stone circle 315m SSE of Little Sherberton
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood
• Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor
• Hut 700yds (640m) NW of Sharp Tor
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Seven Lords' Lands round barrow
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• Stone hut circle on Down Ridge 480m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• Irregular aggregate field system and stone hut circle 755m north east of Dunnabridge Pound Farm
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• Ringleshutes tinwork
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Hamel Down Cross
• Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill, forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• White Moor Stone
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Warren in Whiddon Park
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• Hut circle village 600yds (548m) SE of Swincombe
• Blowing house and mill at Gobbet
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 560m west of Horn's Cross
• Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down
• Two stone hut circles and a length of boundary walling 250m west of Rippon Tor
• Burial chamber on Blackslade Down
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Two cairns 720m and 800m east of Higher White Tor
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 730m south west of Saddle Bridge
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• Wayside cross on Down Ridge 1.1km south west of Saddle Bridge
• An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• Village cross, Cross Street
• Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Huts and fields on Hayne Down
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Ring cairn on Holne Ridge 860m north west of Hapstead Ford and 1180m north east of Ryder's Hill
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 350m south west of Horn's Cross
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Three round cairns 960m and 920m north east of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Horn's Cross
• Hut circles SE of Yar Tor
• Hut circles and field systems E of Mel Tor
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Cist and cairn 590m SSE of Skir Ford
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Brimpts Mine, three prehistoric settlements and associated reaves 550m north west of Outer Huccaby Ring
• Earthworks in Boro' Wood
• Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby Coombe
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks
• Wayside cross 1120m ENE of Childe's Tomb
• Hut circle 150yds (140m) NE of Moorlands Farm
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• Two double stone alignments, cairn and standing stone 700m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
• Hunter's Tor camp
• Stone cross on Ter Hill
• Hut circle 400yds (370m) SE of Swincombe
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Two cairns with cists E of Whiteworks tin mine buildings
• Lizwell Bridge
• Hut circle and field system NW of Saddle Bridge
• Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross