Folly Gate is a Village in the county of Devon.

Folly Gate postcode: EX20 3AD

Retail in Folly Gate

There are great places to visit near Folly Gate 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.

Places near Folly Gate feature a number of interesting cities including Exeter.

There are a number of historic buildings near Folly Gate including Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

There are a number of villages near Folly Gate including Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Folly Gate's best nearby canals can be found at Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton.

Folly Gate is near some unmissable rivers and streams like East Lyn River,

Don't miss Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove's beaches if visiting the area around Folly Gate.

Folly Gate is near some unmissable geological features like Valley of Rocks,

SSSIs to visit near Folly Gate include Dartmoor.

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

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

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

Bicton Park is one of Folly Gate's best, nearby parks to visit in Folly Gate.

Airports to visit near Folly Gate include Exeter Airport.

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

The area around Folly Gate's best ruins can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Folly Gate History

There are some historic monuments around Folly Gate:

• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• Stone hut circle 420m south west of Lints Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Ring cairn 510m south west of Great Nodden
• St John's Holy Well
• Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Croft Castle
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two round cairns 540m ENE of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Lake Down cairnfield 810m ESE and 780m east of Lake Viaduct
• White Moor Stone
• An alluvial tin streamwork adjacent to the Brim Brook
• Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Round cairn 50m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Wayside cross in the garden hedge of Southcott Cottage, at a crossroads called Southcott Cross
• Round cairn 60m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden
• Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 290m north west of Lints Tor
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Platform cairn 30m north west of Fordsland Ledge
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• Bowl barrow 350m south of Broomhill
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and shelter 140m north west of Yes Tor summit
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
• Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
• Tor cairn on High Willhays summit
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Experimental Parapets and Redoubt
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh
• Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Village cross in Northlew, 40m south west of the church
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Meldon viaduct
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Stone hut circle 400m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
• Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• Two stone hut circles and a field 340m south west of Lints Tor
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Leawood Plantation barrow
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Seven cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Wayside cross at Eastcombe on the road between Durdon Cross and Eastcombe
• Round cairn 700m south of Sourton Tors
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor
• Sourton Down Cross, 360m north east of Aliceford Farm
• Tinners' building 90m north east of the confluence of the Brim Brook and West Okement River
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Round cairn and stone hut circle 950m south of Sourton Tors
• Stone hut circle lying south of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Ring cairn 975m south of Sourton Tors
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• Bowl barrow on Wadland Down
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
• Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
• Wayside cross at Durdon Cross
• Stone circle, cairn alignment, cider millstone and boundary ditch 410m south east of Sourton Tors
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Tor cairn 180m north of High Willhays summit
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Southernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Court Castle
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Icework at Sourton Tors
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Civil War redoubt 750m south east of East Linnacombe