Sampford Courtenay is a Town in the county of Devon.

Retail in Sampford Courtenay

There are great places to visit near Sampford Courtenay 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.

Don't miss Exeter's cities if visiting the area around Sampford Courtenay.

Sampford Courtenay has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Exeter Cathedral, St Mary Steps, and St Stephen's Church - Exeter.

Villages to visit near Sampford Courtenay include Starcross, Lynton and Lynmouth, Littleham, Otterton, Branscombe, Beer, and Hope Cove.

Exeter Canal, and Grand Western Canal at Tiverton are some of Sampford Courtenay best canals to visit near Sampford Courtenay.

The area close to Sampford Courtenay boasts some of the best rivers and streams including East Lyn River.

Sampford Courtenay's best nearby beaches can be found at Blacklands Beach, Branscombe Beach, and Hope Cove.

Sampford Courtenay is near some unmissable geological features like Valley of Rocks,

There are a several good sssis in the area around Sampford Courtenay like Dartmoor.

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

Don't miss Dartmoor's nature reserves if visiting the area around Sampford Courtenay.

Towns to visit near Sampford Courtenay include Dartmouth, Tiverton, Crediton, Topsham, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, and Seaton.

The area close to Sampford Courtenay boasts some of the best parks including Bicton Park.

There are a several good airports in the area around Sampford Courtenay like Exeter Airport.

Castles to visit near Sampford Courtenay include Berry Pomeroy Castle.

The area around Sampford Courtenay's best ruins can be found at Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Sampford Courtenay History

There are some historic monuments around Sampford Courtenay:

• Meldon viaduct
• World War II air traffic control building 400m north west of Seckington Cross, on the former airfield of RAF Winkleigh
• A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone
• Okehampton Artillery Range: Linear and Curved Target Railways on F Range
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Agglomerate enclosure and ten stone hut circles 500m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Millsome Castle
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst
• Wayside cross at crossroads 120m NNW of St Andrew's Church
• A round cairn 190m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Churchyard cross 12m south of Sampford Courtenay church
• Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn and cist on Black Down 1.6km east of Higher Bowden
• Stone hut circle settlement at Higher Tor
• St Martin's Chapel, Broadnymett
• Stone hut circle 610m west of Cawsand Beacon forming an outlying part of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Motte 160m east of St Peter's Church
• Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Taw River tin blowing mill, 840m south of Tawcroft
• Long mortuary enclosure and ring ditch 250m south west of Week Meadow Farm
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn 250m south east of Winter Tor
• Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp
• Two bowl barrows 200m north east of Newland Cross
• Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp
• Two circular cairns, an ovoid cairn and a ring cairn lying within an enclosure forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Medieval settlement of Beere
• Churchyard cross 4m south of Honeychurch church
• Court Castle
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairnfield 370m west of Blackaton Brook Ford
• Cairn and cist forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• A round cairn on Watchet Hill
• Eighteen cairns, a length of bank and a recumbent stone forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Deserted medieval site 1/2 mile (810m) W of Okehampton camp
• A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill
• Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
• An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• Round cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Round cairn 750m NNW of East Okement Farm
• Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill
• Week Barn Cross
• North easternmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Wayside cross at Bulland Cross
• Stone hut circle 140m north west of Higher Shilstone
• Bowl barrow 215m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross
• Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower
• Wayside cross socket stone at road junction 70m east of St Peter's Church
• Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures
• 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
• Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Eggesford Castle, 640m north east of Eggesford House
• Wayside cross at Trecott beside Wellsprings Lane
• A cairnfield, unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and boundary stone 380m south west of a ford on the Small Brook
• Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon
• Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross
• Churchyard cross 6m south of Dowland church
• Croft Castle
• Round cairn on Black Down 410m south west of Anthony Stile
• Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
• Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well
• Two hut circles E of Foxes Holt
• Ring cairn 230m south east of Cullever Steps
• Round cairn 550m SSE of Longstone Hill summit
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Camp SE of Okehampton
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor
• Wayside cross in Sampford Courtenay village 55m NNW of Cherrywell Cottages
• 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.
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
• Churchyard cross 10m south of Bondleigh church
• Boundary stone 110m north west of St Mary's Church
• Agglomerate enclosure and 15 stone hut circles 560m west of Cawsand Beacon
• Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp
• Cairnfield 790m north west of Stoneyhurst
• Standing cross known as Speke's Cross, 500m north east of Eggesford House
• Cairnfield, irregular aggregate field system, a ring cairn and three round cairns 800m and 920m south of Moorgate Farm
• Two cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
• Four cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Medieval homesteads S of Meldon quarry
• Three cairns forming the westernmost part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
• Guide post at Place Cross
• Bowl barrow 325m north west of Winkleigh Moor Cross