Gidleigh is a Village in the county of Devon.

Retail in Gidleigh

There are great places to visit near Gidleigh 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.

Exeter is a great place to visit close to Gidleigh if you like cities.

Gidleigh's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove are great places to visit near Gidleigh if you like villages.

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

The area around Gidleigh's best rivers and streams can be found at East Lyn River.

The area around Gidleigh features a number of interesting beaches including Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Don't miss Valley of Rocks's geological features if visiting the area around Gidleigh.

Gidleigh is near some unmissable sssis like Dartmoor,

The area close to Gidleigh boasts some of the best hiking areas including Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is one of Gidleigh's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Gidleigh.

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

Parks to visit near Gidleigh include Bicton Park.

Gidleigh is near some unmissable airports like Exeter Airport,

Berry Pomeroy Castle is a great place to visit close to Gidleigh if you like castles.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Gidleigh like Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Gidleigh History

There are some historic monuments around Gidleigh:

• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Four hut circles N of Bush Down
• Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
• Scorhill stone circle, three cairns and a length of reave
• Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
• Stone hut circle 580m south west of Statts Bridge
• Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Two stone hut circle settlements with an irregular aggregate field system east of Rival Tor, 900m south west of Buttern Hill
• Stone circle 400m south west of Buttern Hill
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m north west of Scorhill stone circle
• Watching Place Cross: a wayside cross at the junction of the B3212 with the B3344
• Round cairn and cist on the south west side of Crow Tor
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Two partially enclosed stone hut circle settlements and a round cairn on the eastern slope of Oke Tor
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers
• Three stone hut circles 300m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Round cairn 780m south of the Thirlstone
• Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
• Three pillow mounds adjacent to Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring
• Round cairn 80m SSW of White Moor stone circle
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks
• Hut circles on Heatree Down
• Cairn on Chagford Common 320m west of West Vitifer Mine
• Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm
• Round cairn 80m south west of Little Hound Tor summit
• Headland Warren boundary stone 570m NNE of Headland Warren Farm
• Round cairn on Hangingstone Hill
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Linscott Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road 280m north west of Howton Farm
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Two cairns 720m and 800m east of Higher White Tor
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor
• Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Round cairn and enclosure 930m south of Hound Tor
• Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Cranbrook Castle
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• A platform cairn 240m NNE of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Meacombe burial chamber
• Round cairn 480m south west of Higher White Tor
• Hut circles on Bonehill Down
• Stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval shelter 990m north east of Hawthorn Clitter, 1030m east of The Thirlstone
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Cairn 500m NNW of Archerton
• Leapra Cross: a wayside cross at the entrance to Moor Gate Farm
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
• Hamel Down Cross
• Round cairn 530m north east of Gartaven Ford
• A partly enclosed stone hut circle settlement on Kennon Hill
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton
• Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor
• Two hut circles NW of Bush Down
• Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
• Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 650m south west of Longaford Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 900m and 940m north west of Warren House Inn
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Two Headland Warren boundary stones, 275m and 430m north of Birch Tor
• North Bovey village cross: a wayside cross at the south west end of North Bovey village green
• Two cairns on Cator Common
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Cairn cemetery 880m south west of Wallabrook Bridge
• Two stone hut circles 850m WSW of the confluence of Gallaven Brook and Walla Brook, 1045m north east of the Thirlstone
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 6 and Incline Target Carrier Railway
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Hillerton Cross
• Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Hameldown Beacon barrow
• Stone alignment 260m south of Higher White Tor
• Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake
• Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall
• Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross
• Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe
• Cairn on Hameldown Tor
• Blowing mill 260m south east of Teignhead Farm
• Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement 290m south east of Manga Rock
• The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• Gidleigh Castle (remains of)
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north eastern slope of Steeperton Tor
• Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
• Week Down cross: a wayside cross 530m south west of Yellam
• Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor
• Cairn and cist 430m north east of Grimspound
• Cairn 190m west of Archerton
• King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down
• Round cairn on Watern Tor
• Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
• Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
• Stone hut circle 210m east of Scorhill stone circle
• Beetor Cross: the site of a wayside cross and a later, 18th century, waymarker 230m south east of Beetor
• Cairn on Hurston Ridge 1km north west of Warren House Inn
• Stone hut circle and associated walling 780m WNW of Longaford Tor
• Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
• Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge
• Hele Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Wormhill
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks
• Hut circles on Hedge Down
• Coaxial fields forming part of Shapley Common coaxial field system, 720m north of Hookney Tor
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 780m south west of Metherall
• Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy
• A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
• Chambered cairn 430m south of Buttern
• Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
• Two round cairns on the northern slope of Metheral Hill
• Cairn and cist 400m east of Lydford Tor
• Round cairn on Long Ridge 800m north east of Teignhead Farm
• Round cairn and Headland Warren boundary stone 210m north of Birch Tor
• Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
• A stone hut circle settlement and irregular aggregate field system at the northern tip of Long Ridge
• Hut circles E of Pritton
• Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
• Blowing Mill at Outer Down
• Four stone hut circles and associated boundary walls south east of Fernworthy Reservoir, 250m north west of Metherall
• Four round barrows on Soussons Down, 960m north west of Soussons
• Cist on Whitehorse Hill, 910m south east of Taw Head
• Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
• Quintin's Man round cairn
• A stone circle, known as Fernworthy Circle, three stone alignments and five cairns 425m and 525m north west of Sandeman Bridge
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers
• Stone hut circle 215m south east of Hartland Tor
• Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
• Three hut circles at north end of Vogwell Down
• A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills
• Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
• Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross
• Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• Bennett's Cross: a wayside cross on the south side of the B3212, 900m north east of the Warren House Inn
• Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
• Medieval settlement 470m east of Hartyland
• Stone hut circle 380m north west of North Creaber
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and cairn 460m north east of Rough Tor
• Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock
• Shorter Cross: a wayside cross on the north side of a minor road, 350m north west of Middlecott
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Hut circles W of Higher Shapley
• Three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common
• Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
• Five barrows on Hamel Down
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Ring cairn 296m south east of Riddon Brake
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 7
• Pillow mound 670m WNW of Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors
• Blackaton Ball tin mill
• Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
• A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Broadun Ring, 500m north west of Hartland Tor
• Warren in Whiddon Park
• Circular enclosure 290m north of Great Parford
• Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons
• Round cairn on the summit of Little Hound Tor
• Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
• Three hut circles E of Bush Down
• White Moor Stone
• Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Stone hut circle and field system 580m north west of North Creaber, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill
• Chambered cairn 830m south of Buttern
• Spinster's Rock
• Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge